Which to use
“tollé” and “tonne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,264
- “tollé” frequency rank
- #8,787
- “tonne” frequency rank
- 36051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tollé | tonne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cri d’indignation (souvent figuratif). | Unité de mesure de masse en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant mille kilogrammes, et dont le symbole est t. Aussi appelée tonne métrique. |
Where the eye mixes tollé and tonne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. tollé (\tɔ.le\) and tonne (\tɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tollé is recorded at frequency rank #27,264, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.le\. tonne is at rank #8,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔn\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 36051, this pair ranks #272,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tollé vs tonne
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tollé": lé. Private to "tonne": en.
"tollé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tonne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tonne ← otnne · tnone · tonen · ttonne