tempêtes

\tɑ̃.pɛt\

/\tɑ̃.pɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“tempêtes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,276
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tempête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tempetes · tempêtes · French

tempêtes · rank #13,276 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,276
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tempérament

Nearest frequency peer: tempérament (-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 « tempêtes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tempêtes » 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).

tempêtes vs temples
75% similar
tempêtes vs tempes
75% similar
tempêtes vs tempête
88% similar

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

Key facts for tempêtes
PropertyValue
Headwordtempêtes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ̃.pɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,276
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tempêtes »

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

#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 « tempérament » (#13,275), « terminent » (#13,277), « symptôme » (#13,274). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tempêtes » est au #13,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around tempêtes (IPA \tɑ̃.pɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,276 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tempête.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tempêtes, with forms such as "etmpêtes", "temmpêtes", and "tempetes". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "temples", "tempes", "tempête", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tempêtes, spelled T-E-M-P-Ê-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tempête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ma fille, dit l’ermite en la relevant, nous sonnons ordinairement la cloche de la Mission pendant la nuit et pendant les tempêtes, pour appeler les étrangers ; et, à l’exemple de nos frères des Alpes et du Liban, nous avons appris à notre chien à découvrir les voyageurs égarés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etmpêtes
  • temmpêtes
  • tempetes
  • temppêtes
  • temptêes
  • tempêets
  • tempêtess
  • tempêtse
  • tempêttes
  • temêptes
  • tepmêtes
  • tmepêtes
  • ttempêtes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tempêtes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etmpêtes2temmpêtes1tempetes1temppêtes1temptêes2tempêets2tempêtess1tempêtse2
Edit distance from "tempêtes"

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 "tempêtes"?
"tempêtes" is spelled T-E-M-P-Ê-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.pɛt\.
What does "tempêtes" mean?
As a noun, "tempêtes" means: Pluriel de tempête.
What words are commonly confused with "tempêtes"?
"tempêtes" is commonly confused with "temples", "tempes", "tempête". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tempêtes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tempêtes" is \tɑ̃.pɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tempêtes" come from?
"tempêtes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list