tank
\tɑ̃k\
The verdict
“tank” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,490
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Char d’assaut, char de combat, blindé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tank · tank · French
tank · rank #11,490 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,490
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH switch
Nearest frequency peer: switch (-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 « tank »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- solidaires
solidaires
88,514 corpus weight
- surcroît
surcroît
88,513 corpus weight
- switch
switch
88,512 corpus weight
- tank
tank
88,511 corpus weight
- Tarn
Tarn
88,510 corpus weight
- Tchad
Tchad
88,509 corpus weight
What this shows « tank » 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 | tank |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tank »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tank (IPA \tɑ̃k\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,490 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 tank, with forms such as "atnk", "takn", and "tankk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TN", "TK", "ton", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tank, spelled T-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Char d’assaut, char de combat, blindé.
- 2Grosse voiture.
- 3Personnage dont le rôle, en combat, est d’encaisser les dégâts provoqués par les ennemis afin de permettre à ses alliés d’agir librement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En retour, le Kremlin ne commente pas le soutien turc à l’Ukraine. Or, celui-ci inclut la livraison à Kiev de matériel militaire, dont les célèbres drones armés Barayktar, qui ont fait des dégâts depuis le 24 février dans les colonnes de tanks russes.
Il me dit que les tanks avaient percé les lignes de défense allemandes et avaient entrepris un raid à l’arrière des lignes ennemies.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atnk
- takn
- tankk
- tannk
- tnak
- ttank
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tank - 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 "tank"?
What does "tank" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "tank"?
How do you pronounce "tank"?
What language does "tank" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tank", 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).