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“Tora” and “tori” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,233
“Tora” frequency rank
#37,584
“tori” frequency rank
85817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tora tori
Definition Variante orthographique de Thora. Dans les arts martiaux japonais, celui qui exécute la prise.

Where the eye mixes Tora and tori

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Tora and tori follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Tora
4 ch
tori

Look-alike desk: Tora vs tori

A purely visual mix-up. Tora (\tɔ.ʁa\) and tori (\to.ʁi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “Tora” becomes i in “tori”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tora is recorded at frequency rank #48,233, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.ʁa\. tori is at rank #37,584, tagged as anoun, pronounced \to.ʁi\.

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 85817, this pair ranks #10,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Tora vs tori

Shared letters: ort. Private to "Tora": a. Private to "tori": i.

"Tora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tora ← otra · toar · torra · troa · ttora
  • tori ← otri · toir · torri · ttori

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tora" for "tori" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tɔ.ʁa\ versus \to.ʁi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Tora" vs "tori" - which ranks higher?
"tori" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,584 in our French list, against #48,233 for "Tora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tora" and "tori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tora vs turf". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #10,710 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list