tempéra
\tɑ̃.pe.ʁa\
The verdict
“tempéra” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détrempe, peinture exécutée avec des couleurs mêlées à un liant et diluées dans l’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tempera · tempéra · French
tempéra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tempéra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tempéra is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Détrempe, peinture exécutée avec des couleurs mêlées à un liant et diluées dans l’eau.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tempéra, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tempéra, spelled T-E-M-P-É-R-A.
Definition
- 1Détrempe, peinture exécutée avec des couleurs mêlées à un liant et diluées dans l’eau.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.