tartre

\taʁtʁ\

/\taʁtʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tartre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,823
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépôt terreux et salin, produit dans les tonneaux par la fermentation du vin, qui s’attache aux douves, s’y durcit et se forme en croûte et qui est constitué par du bitartrate de potassium.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tartre · tartre · French

tartre · rank #48,823 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,823
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tari

Nearest frequency peer: tari (-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 « tartre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tartre » 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).

tartre vs terre
67% similar
tartre vs titre
67% similar
tartre vs torre
67% similar

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

Key facts for tartre
PropertyValue
Headwordtartre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\taʁtʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,823
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tartre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tartrese 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 « tari » (#48,822), « Tavares » (#48,824), « tergiverser » (#48,825). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tartre » est au #48,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tartre (IPA \taʁtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,823 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tartre, with forms such as "atrtre", "tarrtre", and "tarter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "terre", "titre", "torre", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tartre, spelled T-A-R-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dépôt terreux et salin, produit dans les tonneaux par la fermentation du vin, qui s’attache aux douves, s’y durcit et se forme en croûte et qui est constitué par du bitartrate de potassium.
  2. 2
    Dépôt calcaire issu de la précipitation des minéraux contenus dans l’eau sous l’effet de la chaleur.
  3. 3
    Dépôt composé de sels minéraux (carbonate et phosphate) mêles à des débris bactériens, salivaires et alimentaires. qui se dépose à la surface des dents.
  4. 4
    Sel de l'acide tartrique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tartre blanc.
  2. Tartre rouge.

This word in other languages

tartar(English)tártaro(Español)Weinstein(Deutsch)tártaro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atrtre
  • tarrtre
  • tarter
  • tartrre
  • tarttre
  • tatrre
  • tratre
  • ttartre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atrtre2tarrtre1tarter2tartrre1tarttre1tatrre2tratre2ttartre1
Edit distance from "tartre"

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 "tartre"?
"tartre" is spelled T-A-R-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁtʁ\.
What does "tartre" mean?
As a noun, "tartre" means: Dépôt terreux et salin, produit dans les tonneaux par la fermentation du vin, qui s’attache aux douves, s’y durcit et se forme en croûte et qui est constitué par du bitartrate de potassium.
What words are commonly confused with "tartre"?
"tartre" is commonly confused with "terre", "titre", "torre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tartre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tartre" is \taʁtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tartre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ternie#48,826taffer#48,819tories#48,834toscan#48,836

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

truelle8 variantsSoraya8 variantsVarois8 variantsVigny8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list