Which to use
“tos” and “touts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,234
- “tos” frequency rank
- #29,573
- “touts” frequency rank
- 77807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tos | touts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élève de première année à l’École polytechnique. | Pluriel de tout. |
Where the eye mixes tos and touts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tos runs 3 letters (CVC) against touts's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tos with touts
A purely visual mix-up. tos (\tos\) and touts (\tu\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tos is recorded at frequency rank #48,234, classified as anoun, pronounced \tos\. touts is at rank #29,573, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tu\.
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 77807, this pair ranks #27,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tos vs touts
Shared letters: ost. Private to "tos": -. Private to "touts": u.
"tos" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "touts" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- touts ← otuts · totus · toust · toutss · toutts · ttouts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tos" and "touts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tos" vs "touts" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tos" and "touts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "touts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tos" and "touts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tos". 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 #27,400 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.