tartine

/\taʁ.tin\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,148

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

tartine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tranche de pain sur laquelle on a étalé, par exemple, du beurre ou de la confiture, etc. Pronounced \taʁ.tin\. Often confused with tatie and traîne.

Key facts for tartine
PropertyValue
Headwordtartine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\taʁ.tin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,148
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tartine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tartine is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \taʁ.tin\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,148 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tartine, with forms such as "atrtine", "taritne", and "tarrtine". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tatie", "traîne", "tartre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tartine, spelled T-A-R-T-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tranche de pain sur laquelle on a étalé, par exemple, du beurre ou de la confiture, etc.
  2. 2
    Désigne un long texte, un long message, développement banal, ennuyeux et languissant, etc.
  3. 3
    Présentation surabondante et ostentatoire.
  4. 4
    Éditorial en première page d’un journal.
  5. 5
    Petite tarte, dans le sens de claque.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atrtine,taritne,tarrtine,tartien,tartinne,tartnie,tarttine,tatrine,tratine,ttartine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tartine

Misspelling Variants of "tartine"

atrtine7taritne7tarrtine8tartien7tartinne8tartnie7tarttine8tatrine7
Misspelling Variants of "tartine"

Frequency rank: #25,148 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tartine"?
"tartine" is spelled T-A-R-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁ.tin\.
What does "tartine" mean?
As a noun, "tartine" means: Tranche de pain sur laquelle on a étalé, par exemple, du beurre ou de la confiture, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "tartine"?
"tartine" is commonly confused with "tatie", "traîne", "tartre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tartine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tartine" is \taʁ.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tartine" come from?
"tartine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.