téméraire
\te.me.ʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“téméraire” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,197
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’une hardiesse imprudente ou inconsidérée ; qui est hasardeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-temeraire · téméraire · French
téméraire · rank #21,197 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,197
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH ty
Nearest frequency peer: ty (-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 « téméraire »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- triathlon
triathlon
78,807 corpus weight
- twin
twin
78,806 corpus weight
- ty
ty
78,805 corpus weight
- téméraire
téméraire
78,804 corpus weight
- ubuntu
ubuntu
78,803 corpus weight
- Vermont
Vermont
78,802 corpus weight
What this shows « téméraire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | téméraire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \te.me.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « téméraire »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around téméraire (IPA \te.me.ʁɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,197 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is téméraire, spelled T-É-M-É-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est d’une hardiesse imprudente ou inconsidérée ; qui est hasardeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how téméraire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aucun dealeur local ne peut satisfaire la totalité de la nouvelle demande de cannabis et les jeunes les plus téméraires s’aventurent dans les cités des environs pour s'approvisionner, puis consomment et revendent dans les rues de leur quartier.
Comme les acrobates, je préfère travailler sans filet, et privilégier la beauté téméraire du geste à une pâle exécution.
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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of téméraire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).