Takeshi
\ta.ke.ʃi\
The verdict
“Takeshi” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,389
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-takeshi · Takeshi · French
Takeshi · rank #49,389 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,389
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tak
Nearest frequency peer: tak (-2 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 « Takeshi »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tacitement
tacitement
50,616 corpus weight
- tad
tad
50,615 corpus weight
- tak
tak
50,614 corpus weight
- Takeshi
Takeshi
50,612 corpus weight
- tatoués
tatoués
50,610 corpus weight
- teach
teach
50,609 corpus weight
What this shows « Takeshi » 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 | Takeshi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ta.ke.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Takeshi »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Takeshi (IPA \ta.ke.ʃi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,389 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Takeshi, with forms such as "atkeshi", "taekshi", and "takehsi". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "takes", "Takashi", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Takeshi, spelled T-A-K-E-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Takeshi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Effectivement, ce sont surtout les grands noms du 7ᵉ art qui marquent les esprits, avec le retour du Japonais Takeshi Kitano, de l’Allemand Wim Wenders, du Finlandais Aki Kaurismäki ou du Vietnamien Tran Anh Hùng, dont les festivaliers seront ravis de découvrir les nouvelles œuvres après une longue absence.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atkeshi
- taekshi
- takehsi
- takeshhi
- takesih
- takesshi
- takkeshi
- taksehi
- tkaeshi
- ttakeshi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Takeshi - 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.
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 "Takeshi"?
What does "Takeshi" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Takeshi"?
How do you pronounce "Takeshi"?
What language does "Takeshi" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Takeshi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).