température

Name: température, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\

/\tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“température” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,059
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Degré de chaleur ou de froideur d’un corps ou d’un environnement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-temperature · température · French

température · rank #2,059 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #2,059
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH seine

Nearest frequency peer: seine (-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.

rues

97,945
scientifiqu…

97,944
seine

97,943
température

97,942
up

97,941
véhicule

97,940

What this shows « température » 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).

température vs températures

92% similar

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

Key facts for température
Property	Value
Headword	température
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#2,059
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « température »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).températurese place ici:

#2,059

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « seine » (#2,058), « up » (#2,060), « scientifiques » (#2,057). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « température » est au #2,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around température (IPA \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,059 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for température, with forms such as "etmpérature", "temmpérature", and "temperature". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "températures", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is température, spelled T-E-M-P-É-R-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

1
Degré de chaleur ou de froideur d’un corps ou d’un environnement.
2
Degré de chaleur de l’atmosphère.
3
Fièvre, trop grande chaleur du corps humain.
4
Évaluation d’un niveau, d’une ambiance.
5
Hyperparamètre qui contrôle le caractère aléatoire d’une sortie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

L’altérabilité des roches se manifeste soit par simple désagrégation, soit par décomposition, soit par une haute température naturelle.
Nous atteignons bientôt la région des nuages, et la température tombe si bas, que le froid nous mord horriblement les mains et les pieds.

This word in other languages

temperature(English)temperatura(Español)Temperatur(Deutsch)temperatura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

etmpérature
temmpérature
temperature
temppérature
tempréature
tempéarture
températrue
températture
températuer
températurre
tempérautre
tempérrature
tempértaure
teméprature
tepmérature
tmepérature
ttempérature

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of température - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "température"

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 "température"?

"température" is spelled T-E-M-P-É-R-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\.

What does "température" mean?

As a noun, "température" means: Degré de chaleur ou de froideur d’un corps ou d’un environnement.

What words are commonly confused with "température"?

"température" is commonly confused with "températures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "température"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "température" is \tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "température" come from?

"température" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "température", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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