tact
\takt\
The verdict
“tact” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,787
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toucher, sens par lequel on connaît ce qui est chaud ou froid, dur ou mou, uni ou raboteux, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tact · tact · French
tact · rank #21,787 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,787
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH sésame
Nearest frequency peer: sésame (-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 « tact »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sélectif
sélectif
78,217 corpus weight
- séparatiste
séparatiste
78,216 corpus weight
- sésame
sésame
78,215 corpus weight
- tact
tact
78,214 corpus weight
- tal
tal
78,213 corpus weight
- talbot
talbot
78,212 corpus weight
What this shows « tact » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tact |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \takt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tact »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tact (IPA \takt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,787 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tact, with forms such as "atct", "tacct", and "tactt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TC", "tas", "Tag", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tact, spelled T-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1Toucher, sens par lequel on connaît ce qui est chaud ou froid, dur ou mou, uni ou raboteux, etc.
- 2Sentiment délicat des convenances, des nuances, de la mesure.
- 3Faculté de se conduire ou de parler en prenant garde à ne pas blesser la sensibilité, l'amour-propre ou plus simplement les convenances.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tact appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les pectorales, larges et allongées, présentent trois rayons libres auxquels se rendent des nerfs volumineux; ce sont des organes de tact.
Nos verriers de l'Est, reprend M. Daum, ont un tact parfait en ce genre de fabrication limonadière.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atct
- tacct
- tactt
- tatc
- tcat
- ttact
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tact - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tact", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).