taser
\ta.zɛʁ\
The verdict
“taser” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,564
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arme individuelle permettant de paralyser une personne par l’envoi d’une impulsion électrique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taser · taser · French
taser · rank #29,564 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,564
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tarot
Nearest frequency peer: tarot (-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 « taser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tangibles
tangibles
70,440 corpus weight
- tapait
tapait
70,439 corpus weight
- tarot
tarot
70,438 corpus weight
- taser
taser
70,437 corpus weight
- tessa
tessa
70,436 corpus weight
- théâtrales
théâtrales
70,435 corpus weight
What this shows « taser » 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 | taser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.zɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around taser (IPA \ta.zɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,564 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for taser, with forms such as "atser", "taesr", and "taserr". 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, "tsé", "tuer", "taxe", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is taser, spelled T-A-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arme individuelle permettant de paralyser une personne par l’envoi d’une impulsion électrique.
- 2N’importe quelle arme de poing à impulsion électrique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Finalement arrêté à l’issue d’une course-poursuite, le conducteur, alors âgé de 23 ans, ne se laisse pas faire lors de l’interpellation et un des trois policiers doit utiliser son taser, pistolet à impulsion électrique.
Hier vers 11 h, ils ont décelé un taser ou plus exactement un shocker sur un Belfortain qui était convoqué à l’hôtel de police. Il s’agissait d’un petit appareil de production d’impulsion électrique de couleur noir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atser
- taesr
- taserr
- tasre
- tsaer
- ttaser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).