tard

\taʁ\

/\taʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“tard” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#383
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Qui survient à un moment avancé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tard · tard · French

tard · rank #383 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #383
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH public

Nearest frequency peer: public (-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 « tard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tard » 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).

tard vs TD
0% similar
tard vs tas
50% similar
tard vs tir
50% similar

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

Key facts for tard
PropertyValue
Headwordtard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\taʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#383
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tard »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tardse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « public » (#382), « ayant » (#384), « I » (#381). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tard » est au #383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around tard (IPA \taʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #383 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ou Qui survient à un moment avancé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tard, with forms such as "atrd", "tadr", and "tardd". 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, "TD", "tas", "tir", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tard, spelled T-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    ou Qui survient à un moment avancé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. le gentil Auberon, par les tardes soirées, mène danser au bois les filles de Nérée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atrd
  • tadr
  • tardd
  • tarrd
  • trad
  • ttard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tard - 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.

atrd2tadr2tardd1tarrd1trad2ttard1
Edit distance from "tard"

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 "tard"?
"tard" is spelled T-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁ\.
What does "tard" mean?
As an adjective, "tard" means: ou Qui survient à un moment avancé.
What words are commonly confused with "tard"?
"tard" is commonly confused with "TD", "tas", "tir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tard" is \taʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

plan6 variantstype6 variantsfilm6 variantslong6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list