Which to use
“tout” and “true” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48
- “tout” frequency rank
- #12,495
- “true” frequency rank
- 12543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tout | true |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui comprend l’intégrité, l’entièreté, la totalité d’une chose considérée par rapport au nombre, à l’étendue ou à l’intensité de l’énergie. | Vrai , vraie. |
Where the eye mixes tout and true
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tout with true
A purely visual mix-up. tout (\tu\) and true (\tɹu\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tout is recorded at frequency rank #48, classified as anadj, pronounced \tu\. true is at rank #12,495, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɹu\.
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 12543, this pair ranks #404,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tout vs true
Shared letters: tu. Private to "tout": o. Private to "true": er.
"tout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "true" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tout" and "true" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tout" or "true"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tout" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "true" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tout" and "true" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "true vs tun". 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 #404,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.