tempe

\tɑ̃p\

/\tɑ̃p\/ noun

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The verdict

“tempe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,706
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie latérale de la tête entre l’oreille et le front.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tempe · tempe · French

tempe · rank #23,706 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,706
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH T3

Nearest frequency peer: T3 (-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 « tempe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tempe » 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).

tempe vs TPE
0% similar
tempe vs tête
40% similar
tempe vs type
60% similar

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

Key facts for tempe
PropertyValue
Headwordtempe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ̃p\
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,706
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tempe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tempese 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 « T3 » (#23,705), « thunder » (#23,707), « syllabe » (#23,704). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tempe » est au #23,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tempe (IPA \tɑ̃p\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,706 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partie latérale de la tête entre l’oreille et le front.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tempe, with forms such as "etmpe", "temep", and "temmpe". 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, "TPE", "tête", "type", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tempe, spelled T-E-M-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie latérale de la tête entre l’oreille et le front.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De chêne entrelacé de houx leur tempe est ceinte.
  2. Mes tempes battent ; toute ma chair va à cette femme presque nue et charmante dans le matin et dans le transparent vêtement qui enferme la douce odeur d’elle…

This word in other languages

temple(English)sien(Español)Schläfe(Deutsch)fontes(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etmpe
  • temep
  • temmpe
  • temppe
  • tepme
  • tmepe
  • ttempe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etmpe2temep2temmpe1temppe1tepme2tmepe2ttempe1
Edit distance from "tempe"

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 "tempe"?
"tempe" is spelled T-E-M-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃p\.
What does "tempe" mean?
As a noun, "tempe" means: Partie latérale de la tête entre l’oreille et le front.
What words are commonly confused with "tempe"?
"tempe" is commonly confused with "TPE", "tête", "type". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tempe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tempe" is \tɑ̃p\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tempe" come from?
"tempe" 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 "tempe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tibia#23,709totem#23,713squat#23,696squad#23,695

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Xiaomi7 variantsémail7 variantsabdos7 variantsaccros7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list