Which to use
“toutou” and “toutous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,903
- “toutou” frequency rank
- #46,498
- “toutous” frequency rank
- 73401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toutou | toutous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chien. | Pluriel de toutou. |
Same sound, different letters: toutou vs toutous
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. toutou runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against toutous's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - toutou / toutous
This is the hard kind. toutou and toutous are pronounced identically (\tu.tu\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “toutou” sits inside “toutous”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toutou is recorded at frequency rank #26,903, classified as anoun, pronounced \tu.tu\. toutous is at rank #46,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tu.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 73401, this pair ranks #40,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toutou vs toutous
Shared letters: otu. Private to "toutou": -. Private to "toutous": s.
"toutou" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "toutous" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toutou" and "toutous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "toutou" or "toutous" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "toutou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toutous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toutou" and "toutous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tontons vs toutous". 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 #40,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.