techniques
\tɛk.nik\
The verdict
“techniques” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,579
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de technique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-techniques · techniques · French
techniques · rank #1,579 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,579
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH spectacle
Nearest frequency peer: spectacle (-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 « techniques »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- signifie
signifie
98,425 corpus weight
- sociales
sociales
98,424 corpus weight
- spectacle
spectacle
98,423 corpus weight
- techniques
techniques
98,422 corpus weight
- Algérie
Algérie
98,421 corpus weight
- allons
allons
98,420 corpus weight
What this shows « techniques » 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 | techniques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɛk.nik\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « techniques »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around techniques (IPA \tɛk.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,579 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de technique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for techniques, with forms such as "etchniques", "tcehniques", and "tecchniques". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tectoniques", "technique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is techniques, spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de technique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how techniques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On voit comment la guillotine est ici enveloppée, désensanglantée, aseptisée par la froide évocation des exigences techniques, horaires, juridiques, pratiques.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etchniques
- tcehniques
- tecchniques
- techhniques
- techinques
- techniqeus
- techniqques
- techniquess
- techniquse
- techniuqes
- technniques
- technqiues
- tecnhiques
- tehcniques
- ttechniques
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of techniques - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).