Which to use
“toute” and “tte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #128
- “toute” frequency rank
- #36,628
- “tte” frequency rank
- 36756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toute | tte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de tout. | Toute. |
Same sound, different letters: toute vs tte
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - toute / tte
This is the hard kind. toute and tte are pronounced identically (\tut\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toute is recorded at frequency rank #128, classified as anadj, pronounced \tut\. tte is at rank #36,628, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tut\.
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 36756, this pair ranks #267,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of toute vs tte
Shared letters: et. Private to "toute": ou. Private to "tte": -.
"toute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tte" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toute ← otute · totue · touet · toutte · ttoute · tuote
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toute" and "tte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "toute" or "tte" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "toute" / "tte". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "toute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toute" and "tte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tte". 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 #267,343 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.