tears
\ˈtɪɹz\
The verdict
“tears” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,692
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tear.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tears · tears · French
tears · rank #43,692 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,692
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tchang
Nearest frequency peer: tchang (-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 « tears »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tares
tares
56,312 corpus weight
- targuer
targuer
56,311 corpus weight
- tchang
tchang
56,310 corpus weight
- tears
tears
56,309 corpus weight
- teigne
teigne
56,308 corpus weight
- THC
THC
56,307 corpus weight
What this shows « tears » 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 | tears |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈtɪɹz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tears »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tears (IPA \ˈtɪɹz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,692 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tear.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tears, with forms such as "etars", "tearrs", and "tearss". 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, "tes", "tels", "tirs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 tears, spelled T-E-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de tear.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etars
- tearrs
- tearss
- teasr
- teras
- ttears
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tears - 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.
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).