teaser

\ti.zœʁ\

/\ti.zœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“teaser” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,560
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leurre sans hameçon créant une agitation dans l’eau, ressemblant à une proie en détresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teaser · teaser · French

teaser · rank #26,560 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,560
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tax

Nearest frequency peer: tax (-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 « teaser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « teaser » 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).

teaser vs tenter
67% similar
teaser vs tester
67% similar
teaser vs tracer
67% similar

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

Key facts for teaser
PropertyValue
Headwordteaser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.zœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,560
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « teaser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.teaserse 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 « tax » (#26,559), « terminait » (#26,561), « Tariq » (#26,558). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « teaser » est au #26,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around teaser (IPA \ti.zœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,560 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for teaser, with forms such as "etaser", "taeser", and "teaesr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "tenter", "tester", "tracer", 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 teaser, spelled T-E-A-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Leurre sans hameçon créant une agitation dans l’eau, ressemblant à une proie en détresse.
  2. 2
    Aguiche, accroche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Issu du verbe to tease qui signifie taquiner, le teaser est un objet dont le but est de créer une agitation dans l’eau susceptible d’attirer les poissons chasseurs.
  2. Certains pêcheurs traînent d’abord le teaser et lorsqu’un poisson montre des signes d’intérêt, ils le remplacent rapidement par un leurre à hameçon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etaser
  • taeser
  • teaesr
  • teaserr
  • teasre
  • teasser
  • tesaer
  • tteaser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etaser2taeser2teaesr2teaserr1teasre2teasser1tesaer2tteaser1
Edit distance from "teaser"

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 "teaser"?
"teaser" is spelled T-E-A-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.zœʁ\.
What does "teaser" mean?
As a noun, "teaser" means: Leurre sans hameçon créant une agitation dans l’eau, ressemblant à une proie en détresse.
What words are commonly confused with "teaser"?
"teaser" is commonly confused with "tenter", "tester", "tracer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teaser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teaser" is \ti.zœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teaser" come from?
"teaser" 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 "teaser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list