teigne

\tɛɲ\

/\tɛɲ\/ noun

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The verdict

“teigne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,693
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dermatose du cuir chevelu d'origine cryptogamique ^([1]). Elle engendre des écailles ou des croûtes plus ou moins épaisses et de l'alopécie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teigne · teigne · French

teigne · rank #43,693 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,693
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tears

Nearest frequency peer: tears (-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 « teigne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « teigne » 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).

teigne vs tige
67% similar
teigne vs tigre
67% similar
teigne vs teint
67% similar

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

Key facts for teigne
PropertyValue
Headwordteigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛɲ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,693
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « teigne »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).teignese 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 « tears » (#43,692), « THC » (#43,694), « tchang » (#43,691). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « teigne » est au #43,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around teigne (IPA \tɛɲ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,693 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for teigne, with forms such as "etigne", "tegine", and "teigen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "tige", "tigre", "teint", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 teigne, spelled T-E-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dermatose du cuir chevelu d'origine cryptogamique ^([1]). Elle engendre des écailles ou des croûtes plus ou moins épaisses et de l'alopécie.
  2. 2
    Dermatose analogue, à laquelle sont sujets certains animaux comme le cheval, le chien, le chat, le bœuf, le mouton, le lapin, etc.
  3. 3
    Sorte de gale qui vient à l’écorce des arbres.
  4. 4
    Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des Tinéidés qui ronge la laine, les fourrures, etc. et que l’on nomme communément mite.
  5. 5
    Personne hargneuse, méchante.
  6. 6
    Nom vernaculaire de la cuscute.
  7. 7
    Nom vernaculaire des involucres des plantes du genre Arctium communément nommées bardanes, qui ont la particularité de s’accrocher aux poils des animaux ainsi qu'aux vêtements, selon les régions on les nommes : arrape-chien, chichou, gafarot, grapillon, etc.
  8. 8
    Détenteur d’un pouvoir monarchique au Baol, un ancien royaume du Sénégal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La teigne n’atteint guère que les enfants.
  2. Mais le ghetto parisien, si mêlé à l’arrondissement qui le renferme comme une teigne, comporte aussi des relents d’histoire.

Synonyms

taignon

This word in other languages

ringworm(English)tiña(Español)Ringelflechte(Deutsch)tinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etigne
  • tegine
  • teigen
  • teiggne
  • teignne
  • teinge
  • tiegne
  • tteigne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etigne2tegine2teigen2teiggne1teignne1teinge2tiegne2tteigne1
Edit distance from "teigne"

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 "teigne"?
"teigne" is spelled T-E-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛɲ\.
What does "teigne" mean?
As a noun, "teigne" means: Dermatose du cuir chevelu d'origine cryptogamique ^([1]). Elle engendre des écailles ou des croûtes plus ou moins épaisses et de l'alopécie.
What words are commonly confused with "teigne"?
"teigne" is commonly confused with "tige", "tigre", "teint". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teigne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teigne" is \tɛɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teigne" come from?
"teigne" 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 "teigne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tchang#43,691tuning#43,709turgot#43,710Varela#43,714

Similar misspelling depth

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

thorn8 variantstouffes8 variantsspitz8 variantsverrues8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list