étirer

\e.ti.ʁe\

/\e.ti.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“étirer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,030
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendre, allonger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etirer · étirer · French

étirer · rank #28,030 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,030
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH équitablement

Nearest frequency peer: équitablement (-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 « étirer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étirer » 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).

étirer vs etre
50% similar
étirer vs êtres
50% similar
étirer vs évier
67% similar

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

Key facts for étirer
PropertyValue
Headwordétirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ti.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,030
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étirer »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « équitablement » (#28,029), « émigrer » (#28,028), « abbesse » (#28,032). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étirer » est au #28,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around étirer (IPA \e.ti.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,030 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for étirer, with forms such as "etirer", "téirer", and "éitrer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "etre", "êtres", "évier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étirer, spelled É-T-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendre, allonger.
  2. 2
    S’allonger en étendant les membres.
  3. 3
    Tirer en longueur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Étirer du linge. Étirer du fer, du cuivre.
  2. Elle se retourna, ouvrit les jambes, s’étira en serrant les poings et en tendant la poitrine, puis retomba, les sourcils froncés.

This word in other languages

stretch(English)estirar(Español)dehnen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etirer
  • téirer
  • éitrer
  • étierr
  • étirerr
  • étirrer
  • éttirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étirer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etirer1téirer2éitrer2étierr2étirerr1étirrer1éttirer1
Edit distance from "étirer"

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 "étirer"?
"étirer" is spelled É-T-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ti.ʁe\.
What does "étirer" mean?
As a verb, "étirer" means: Étendre, allonger.
What words are commonly confused with "étirer"?
"étirer" is commonly confused with "etre", "êtres", "évier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étirer" is \e.ti.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étirer" come from?
"étirer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vuelta#28,021verges#28,012arches#28,054URSSAF#28,006

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

élues7 variantsAdler7 variantsvomit7 variantsbagne7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list