talisman

\ta.lis.mɑ̃\

/\ta.lis.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“talisman” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,370
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet sur lequel sont gravés des figures, des signes, des caractères, auxquels on attribue des vertus magiques ou préservatrices.

Corpus desk

Index FR-talisman · talisman · French

talisman · rank #28,370 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,370
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH séismes

Nearest frequency peer: séismes (-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 « talisman »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « talisman » 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).

talisman vs taliban
75% similar

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

Key facts for talisman
PropertyValue
Headwordtalisman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.lis.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,370
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « talisman »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.talismanse 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 « séismes » (#28,369), « syriennes » (#28,368), « tartare » (#28,372). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « talisman » est au #28,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around talisman (IPA \ta.lis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,370 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for talisman, with forms such as "atlisman", "tailsman", and "talimsan". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "taliban", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is talisman, spelled T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet sur lequel sont gravés des figures, des signes, des caractères, auxquels on attribue des vertus magiques ou préservatrices.
  2. 2
    Objet sacré protecteur.
  3. 3
    Synonyme de phalène anguleuse.
  4. 4
    Pièce maîtresse d’un objet qu’elle complète et achève.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le talisman, le remède tout-puissant.
  2. Elle allait courageusement seule à travers cette solitude, comme si son âge était un talisman qui dût la préserver de tout malheur.

This word in other languages

Talisman(Deutsch)talismã(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlisman
  • tailsman
  • talimsan
  • talisamn
  • talismann
  • talismman
  • talismna
  • talissman
  • tallisman
  • talsiman
  • tlaisman
  • ttalisman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talisman - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atlisman2tailsman2talimsan2talisamn2talismann1talismman1talismna2talissman1
Edit distance from "talisman"

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 "talisman"?
"talisman" is spelled T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.lis.mɑ̃\.
What does "talisman" mean?
As a noun, "talisman" means: Objet sur lequel sont gravés des figures, des signes, des caractères, auxquels on attribue des vertus magiques ou préservatrices.
What words are commonly confused with "talisman"?
"talisman" is commonly confused with "taliban". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talisman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talisman" is \ta.lis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talisman" come from?
"talisman" 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 "talisman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tracking#28,379trouille#28,383Truffaut#28,385sociétal#28,352

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

syriennes12 variantsréclamée12 variantsédifiant12 variantséteintes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list