tatouage

\ta.twaʒ\

/\ta.twaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tatouage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,627
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de tatouer, décoration par l’insertion de substances colorées sous la peau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tatouage · tatouage · French

tatouage · rank #8,627 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,627
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sympathie

Nearest frequency peer: sympathie (-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 « tatouage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tatouage » 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).

tatouage vs tatouée
75% similar
tatouage vs tatouages
89% similar

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

Key facts for tatouage
PropertyValue
Headwordtatouage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.twaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,627
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tatouage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tatouagese 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 « sympathie » (#8,626), « teint » (#8,628), « surplus » (#8,625). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tatouage » est au #8,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tatouage (IPA \ta.twaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,627 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tatouage, with forms such as "attouage", "taotuage", and "tatoauge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tatouée", "tatouages", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 tatouage, spelled T-A-T-O-U-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de tatouer, décoration par l’insertion de substances colorées sous la peau.
  2. 2
    Dessin sur la peau qui résulte de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D’ailleurs, le tatouage des Maoris, indépendamment de la considération dont il jouit, possède une incontestable utilité.
  2. Le tatouage, en effet, est une institution dans la marine américaine et des heures de service sont spécialement réservées à ce divertissement artistique.

This word in other languages

tattoo(English)tatuaje(Español)Tätowieren(Deutsch)tatuagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • attouage
  • taotuage
  • tatoauge
  • tatouaeg
  • tatouagge
  • tatougae
  • tattouage
  • tatuoage
  • ttaouage
  • ttatouage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tatouage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

attouage2taotuage2tatoauge2tatouaeg2tatouagge1tatougae2tattouage1tatuoage2
Edit distance from "tatouage"

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 "tatouage"?
"tatouage" is spelled T-A-T-O-U-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.twaʒ\.
What does "tatouage" mean?
As a noun, "tatouage" means: Action de tatouer, décoration par l’insertion de substances colorées sous la peau.
What words are commonly confused with "tatouage"?
"tatouage" is commonly confused with "tatouée", "tatouages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tatouage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tatouage" is \ta.twaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tatouage" come from?
"tatouage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supposer#8,624sommaire#8,620punition#8,605appelant#8,653

Similar misspelling depth

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

touchée10 variantssoulève10 variantsévacuer10 variantsboucles10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list