teint

\tɛ̃\

/\tɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“teint” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,628
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont la couleur a été changée par teinture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teint · teint · French

teint · rank #8,628 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,628
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tatouage

Nearest frequency peer: tatouage (-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 « teint »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « teint » 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).

teint vs TNT
0% similar
teint vs ten
60% similar
teint vs tin
60% similar

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

Key facts for teint
PropertyValue
Headwordteint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,628
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « teint »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).teintse 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 « tatouage » (#8,627), « touchée » (#8,629), « sympathie » (#8,626). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « teint » est au #8,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around teint (IPA \tɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,628 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for teint, with forms such as "etint", "teinnt", and "teintt". 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, "TNT", "ten", "tin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is teint, spelled T-E-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont la couleur a été changée par teinture.
  2. 2
    Imprégné des conséquences d’un acte, ou d’une façon particulière de penser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a les cheveux teints.
  2. Il est encore teint du sang de ses victimes, ses mains sont teintes de sang : Se dit de quelqu’un qui a commis ou ordonné des meurtres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etint
  • teinnt
  • teintt
  • teitn
  • tenit
  • tteint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etint2teinnt1teintt1teitn2tenit2tteint1
Edit distance from "teint"

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 "teint"?
"teint" is spelled T-E-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ̃\.
What does "teint" mean?
As an adjective, "teint" means: Dont la couleur a été changée par teinture.
What words are commonly confused with "teint"?
"teint" is commonly confused with "TNT", "ten", "tin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teint" is \tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teint" come from?
"teint" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tuyau#8,630vital#8,636sexes#8,619vogue#8,637

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ratio6 variantsatout6 variantspaulo6 variantsbrad6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list