Which to use
“tollé” is a noun and “toute” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,264
- “tollé” frequency rank
- #128
- “toute” frequency rank
- 27392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tollé | toute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cri d’indignation (souvent figuratif). | Féminin singulier de tout. |
Where the eye mixes tollé and toute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tollé is \tɔ.le\ while toute is \tut\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27392, 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\. toute is at rank #128, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tut\.
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 27392, this pair ranks #329,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tollé vs toute
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tollé": lé. Private to "toute": eu.
"tollé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "toute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toute ← otute · totue · touet · toutte · ttoute · tuote