astuce

\as.tys\

/\as.tys\/ noun

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The verdict

“astuce” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,269
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Finesse, ruse qui a pour objet de nuire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-astuce · astuce · French

astuce · rank #9,269 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,269
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atterrissage

Nearest frequency peer: atterrissage (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « astuce »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « astuce » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

astuce vs astuces
86% similar
astuce vs assuré
50% similar
astuce vs assumé
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for astuce
PropertyValue
Headwordastuce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.tys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,269
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « astuce »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).astucese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « atterrissage » (#9,270), « Assad » (#9,267), « Aude » (#9,271). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « astuce » est au #9,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around astuce (IPA \as.tys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,269 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for astuce, with forms such as "asstuce", "astcue", and "asttuce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "astuces", "assuré", "assumé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is astuce, spelled A-S-T-U-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Finesse, ruse qui a pour objet de nuire.
  2. 2
    Quelque chose d’ingénieux.
  3. 3
    Solution pour résoudre un problème, une question.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how astuce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un homme plein d’astuce.
  2. Il a fait cela par astuce.

Synonyms

gamique

This word in other languages

trick(English)astucia(Español)Kniff(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asstuce
  • astcue
  • asttuce
  • astucce
  • astuec
  • asutce
  • atsuce
  • satuce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of astuce - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asstuce1astcue2asttuce1astucce1astuec2asutce2atsuce2satuce2
Edit distance from "astuce"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "astuce"?
"astuce" is spelled A-S-T-U-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.tys\.
What does "astuce" mean?
As a noun, "astuce" means: Finesse, ruse qui a pour objet de nuire.
What words are commonly confused with "astuce"?
"astuce" is commonly confused with "astuces", "assuré", "assumé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "astuce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astuce" is \as.tys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "astuce" come from?
"astuce" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "astuce", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avaler#9,273allume#9,264averti#9,274ballet#9,277

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

auteure8 variantsbancs8 variantsépuisé8 variantseurent8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list