tanner
\ta.ne\
The verdict
“tanner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,984
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traiter la peau d’un animal avec du tan ou du tanin pour la transformer en cuir et la rendre imputrescible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tanner · tanner · French
tanner · rank #27,984 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,984
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH séculaire
Nearest frequency peer: séculaire (-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 « tanner »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sulfureux
sulfureux
72,021 corpus weight
- séculaire
séculaire
72,018 corpus weight
- tanner
tanner
72,017 corpus weight
- tendrement
tendrement
72,016 corpus weight
- tentacules
tentacules
72,015 corpus weight
- thank
thank
72,014 corpus weight
What this shows « tanner » 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 | tanner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tanner »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tanner (IPA \ta.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,984 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tanner, with forms such as "atnner", "tanenr", and "taner". 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, "taper", "tante", "tonne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tanner, spelled T-A-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Traiter la peau d’un animal avec du tan ou du tanin pour la transformer en cuir et la rendre imputrescible.
- 2Fatiguer, ennuyer, importuner.
- 3Rosser, battre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tanner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les peaux sont exportées ou tannées dans le pays pour être converties en babouches, gibecières, etc.
Tanner le cul, les fesses, le cuir de quelqu’un.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atnner
- tanenr
- taner
- tannerr
- tannre
- tnaner
- ttanner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tanner - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).