Which to use
“toxique” and “typique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,568
- “toxique” frequency rank
- #6,041
- “typique” frequency rank
- 15609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toxique | typique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui provoque des effets nocifs sur un organisme vivant, en perturbant ses fonctions biologiques ou en causant des lésions. | Qui concerne un type. |
Where the eye mixes toxique and typique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. toxique and typique follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between toxique and typique
A purely visual mix-up. toxique (\tɔk.sik\) and typique (\ti.pik\) 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 15609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toxique is recorded at frequency rank #9,568, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔk.sik\. typique is at rank #6,041, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ti.pik\.
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 15609, this pair ranks #391,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of toxique vs typique
Shared letters: eiqtu. Private to "toxique": ox. Private to "typique": py.
"toxique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "typique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toxique" for "typique" ever safe?
Frequency check: "toxique" vs "typique" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "toxique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "typique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toxique" and "typique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toxique vs trique". 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 #391,616 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.