Which to use
“tounes” and “toxines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,188
- “tounes” frequency rank
- #24,796
- “toxines” frequency rank
- 67984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tounes | toxines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de toune. | Pluriel de toxine. |
Where the eye mixes tounes and toxines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tounes runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against toxines's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tounes and toxines
A purely visual mix-up. tounes (\tun\) and toxines (\tɔk.sin\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tounes is recorded at frequency rank #43,188, classified as anoun, pronounced \tun\. toxines is at rank #24,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔk.sin\.
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 67984, this pair ranks #61,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tounes vs toxines
Shared letters: enost. Private to "tounes": u. Private to "toxines": ix.
"tounes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "toxines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tounes" and "toxines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tounes" vs "toxines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tounes" and "toxines" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tounes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toxines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tounes" and "toxines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tounes vs trônes". 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 #61,099 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.