Which to use
“tos” and “tutos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,234
- “tos” frequency rank
- #25,846
- “tutos” frequency rank
- 74080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tos | tutos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élève de première année à l’École polytechnique. | Pluriel de tuto. |
Where the eye mixes tos and tutos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tos runs 3 letters (CVC) against tutos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tos and tutos
A purely visual mix-up. tos (\tos\) and tutos (\ty.to\) 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 extra letter(s) - “tos” sits inside “tutos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74080, 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\. tutos is at rank #25,846, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ty.to\.
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 74080, this pair ranks #38,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tos vs tutos
Shared letters: ost. Private to "tos": -. Private to "tutos": u.
"tos" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "tutos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tutos ← ttuos · ttutos · tuots · tutoss · tutso · tuttos · uttos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tos" and "tutos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tos" vs "tutos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tos" and "tutos" 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 "tutos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tos" and "tutos" 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 #38,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.