téméraire

/\te.me.ʁɛʁ\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,197

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

téméraire is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est d’une hardiesse imprudente ou inconsidérée ; qui est hasardeux. Pronounced \te.me.ʁɛʁ\. Often confused with temporaire and téméraires.

Key facts for téméraire
PropertyValue
Headwordtéméraire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\te.me.ʁɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,197
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for téméraire is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \te.me.ʁɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,197 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui est d’une hardiesse imprudente ou inconsidérée ; qui est hasardeux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for téméraire, with forms such as "temeraire", "tmééraire", and "ttéméraire". 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, "temporaire", "téméraires", 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 téméraire, spelled T-É-M-É-R-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est d’une hardiesse imprudente ou inconsidérée ; qui est hasardeux.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: temeraire,tmééraire,ttéméraire,témméraire,témréaire,téméarire,téméraier,témérairre,témérarie,témériare,témérraire,téémraire,étméraire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for téméraire

Misspelling Variants of "téméraire"

temeraire9tmééraire9ttéméraire10témméraire10témréaire9téméarire9téméraier9témérairre10
Misspelling Variants of "téméraire"

Frequency rank: #21,197 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "téméraire"?
"téméraire" is spelled T-É-M-É-R-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \te.me.ʁɛʁ\.
What does "téméraire" mean?
As an adj, "téméraire" means: Qui est d’une hardiesse imprudente ou inconsidérée ; qui est hasardeux.
What words are commonly confused with "téméraire"?
"téméraire" is commonly confused with "temporaire", "téméraires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "téméraire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "téméraire" is \te.me.ʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "téméraire" come from?
"téméraire" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.