targuer
\taʁ.ɡe\
The verdict
“targuer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,690
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se prévaloir ; tirer avantage avec ostentation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-targuer · targuer · French
targuer · rank #43,690 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tares
Nearest frequency peer: tares (-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 « targuer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sévissent
sévissent
56,314 corpus weight
- talc
talc
56,313 corpus weight
- tares
tares
56,312 corpus weight
- targuer
targuer
56,311 corpus weight
- tchang
tchang
56,310 corpus weight
- tears
tears
56,309 corpus weight
What this shows « targuer » 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 | targuer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \taʁ.ɡe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « targuer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around targuer (IPA \taʁ.ɡe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,690 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se prévaloir ; tirer avantage avec ostentation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for targuer, with forms such as "atrguer", "tagruer", and "targeur". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "trouer", "tatouer", "tarder", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is targuer, spelled T-A-R-G-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se prévaloir ; tirer avantage avec ostentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how targuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au reste, les deux chefs, bien qu'ils s’en targuassent, n'avaient aucune liaison avec Brune : Jourdan et les autres hommes du gouvernement, et les douze cents conjurés qui devaient me frapper, n'étaient en réalité que quelques douzaines de misérables.
Je ne voudrais en aucune façon que vous rougissiez de connaître les anciens ; mais je voudrais encore moins que vous vous targuassiez de ne connaître qu'eux. Parlez des modernes sans mépris, et des anciens sans idolâtrie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atrguer
- tagruer
- targeur
- targguer
- targuerr
- targure
- tarrguer
- taruger
- traguer
- ttarguer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of targuer - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).