métier à tisser

noun

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The verdict

“métier à tisser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Machine utilisée dans l’industrie textile pour tisser les tissus.

Key facts for métier à tisser
PropertyValue
Headwordmétier à tisser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “métier à tisser” sits in French frequency

métier à tisser falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

métier à tisser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Machine utilisée dans l’industrie textile pour tisser les tissus.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for métier à tisser in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is métier à tisser, spelled M-É-T-I-E-R- -À- -T-I-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Machine utilisée dans l’industrie textile pour tisser les tissus.

This word in other languages

loom(English)telar(Español)Webstuhl(Deutsch)tear(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "métier à tisser"?
"métier à tisser" is spelled M-É-T-I-E-R- -À- -T-I-S-S-E-R.
What does "métier à tisser" mean?
As a noun, "métier à tisser" means: Machine utilisée dans l’industrie textile pour tisser les tissus.
What language does "métier à tisser" come from?
"métier à tisser" 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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Using “métier à tisser”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-É-T-I-E-R- -À- -T-I-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list