tartine

\taʁ.tin\

/\taʁ.tin\/ noun

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The verdict

“tartine” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,148. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,148
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tranche de pain sur laquelle on a étalé, par exemple, du beurre ou de la confiture, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tartine · tartine · French

tartine · rank #25,148 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,148
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH target

Nearest frequency peer: target (-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 « tartine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tartine » 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).

tartine vs tatie
71% similar
tartine vs traîne
57% similar
tartine vs tartre
71% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tartine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tartinese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « target » (#25,147), « tease » (#25,149), « tacos » (#25,146). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tartine » est au #25,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tartine (IPA \taʁ.tin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,148 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tartine, with forms such as "atrtine", "taritne", and "tarrtine". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tatie", "traîne", "tartre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tartine, spelled T-A-R-T-I-N-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Grandet tira de son gousset un couteau de corne à grosse lame, coupa une tartine, prit un peu de beurre, l’étendit soigneusement, et se mit à manger debout.
  2. J’accoudais à l’une ou l’autre fenêtre une mélancolie, un dédain tous deux feints, à l’heure où les petites Blancvillain et les Trinitet passaient, mordant leur tartine de quatre heures, épaissie de haricots rouges figés dans une sauce au vin.

This word in other languages

Butterbrot(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atrtine
  • taritne
  • tarrtine
  • tartien
  • tartinne
  • tartnie
  • tarttine
  • tatrine
  • tratine
  • ttartine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tartine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atrtine2taritne2tarrtine1tartien2tartinne1tartnie2tarttine1tatrine2
Edit distance from "tartine"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suivais#25,142soupirs#25,136voyante#25,167Shelley#25,128

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Snyder10 variantsshorts10 variantsserrures10 variantssapiens10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list