Téhéran

Name: Téhéran, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\te.e.ʁɑ̃\

/\te.e.ʁɑ̃\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Téhéran” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,169
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Iran.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teheran · Téhéran · French

Téhéran · rank #14,169 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,169
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH verset

Nearest frequency peer: verset (+2 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.

thermiques

85,836
trade

85,835
Téhéran

85,832
verset

85,830
versées

85,829
violée

85,828

What this shows « Téhéran » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for Téhéran
Property	Value
Headword	Téhéran
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\te.e.ʁɑ̃\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#14,169
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Téhéran »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Téhéranse place ici:

#14,169

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « verset » (#14,171), « trade » (#14,166), « versées » (#14,172). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Téhéran » est au #14,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Téhéran (IPA \te.e.ʁɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,169 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Téhéran, with forms such as "teheran", "thééran", and "ttéhéran". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Téhéran, spelled T-É-H-É-R-A-N.

Definition

1
Capitale de l’Iran.
2
Siège du pouvoir iranien ; gouvernement iranien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

— Trop neuve, Téhéran, trop peu d’histoire ! Longtemps elle n’a été qu’une obscure dépendance de Rayy, la prestigieuse cité des savants démolie au temps des Mongols. Ce n’est qu’à la fin du XVIIIᵉ siècle qu’une tribu turkmène, celle des Kadjars, a pris possession de cette localité. Ayant réussi à soumettre par le glaive l’ensemble de la Perse, la dynastie…
Plusieurs centaines d'Iraniens ont célébré hier dans les rues de Téhéran l'accord cadre sur le programme nucléaire de l'Iran conclu quelques heures plus tôt à Lausanne, en Suisse.

This word in other languages

Tehran(English)Teherán(Español)Teheran(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

teheran
thééran
ttéhéran
téhhéran
téhréan
téhéarn
téhérann
téhérna
téhérran
tééhran
éthéran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Téhéran - 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.

Edit distance from "Téhéran"

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 "Téhéran"?

"Téhéran" is spelled T-É-H-É-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \te.e.ʁɑ̃\.

What does "Téhéran" mean?

As a proper noun, "Téhéran" means: Capitale de l’Iran.

What are common misspellings of "Téhéran"?

Common misspellings include "teheran", "thééran", "ttéhéran", "téhhéran", "téhréan". The correct spelling is "Téhéran".

How do you pronounce "Téhéran"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Téhéran" is \te.e.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Téhéran" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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