teinture

/\tɛ̃.tyʁ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,339

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

teinture is aFrenchnoun. It means: Liquide préparé pour teindre. Pronounced \tɛ̃.tyʁ\. Often confused with texture and toiture.

Key facts for teinture
PropertyValue
Headwordteinture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛ̃.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,339
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of teinture in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for teinture is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ̃.tyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,339 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for teinture, with forms such as "etinture", "teinnture", and "teintrue". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "texture", "toiture", "teintures", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is teinture, spelled T-E-I-N-T-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liquide préparé pour teindre.
  2. 2
    Couleur que ce liquide laisse sur les étoffes et sur les autres choses que l’on teint.
  3. 3
    Action, art de teindre.
  4. 4
    Forme galénique liquide obtenue par dissolution d’un principe actif, le plus souvent végétal, dans un solvant organique tel que l’alcool ou, plus rarement, l’éther. Les teintures sont utilisées à des fins thérapeutiques ou antiseptiques.
  5. 5
    Connaissance superficielle dans quelque science, dans quelque art.
  6. 6
    Préparation censée teindre les métaux et en modifier les propriétés, notamment en leur donnant la couleur de l’or ou de l’argent.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etinture,teinnture,teintrue,teintture,teintuer,teinturre,teinutre,teitnure,teniture,tienture,tteinture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for teinture

Misspelling Variants of "teinture"

etinture8teinnture9teintrue8teintture9teintuer8teinturre9teinutre8teitnure8
Misspelling Variants of "teinture"

Frequency rank: #18,339 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teinture"?
"teinture" is spelled T-E-I-N-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ̃.tyʁ\.
What does "teinture" mean?
As a noun, "teinture" means: Liquide préparé pour teindre.
What words are commonly confused with "teinture"?
"teinture" is commonly confused with "texture", "toiture", "teintures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teinture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teinture" is \tɛ̃.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teinture" come from?
"teinture" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.