temporal

/\tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁal\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,483

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

temporal is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui a rapport aux tempes. Pronounced \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁal\. Often confused with temporel and temporels.

Key facts for temporal
PropertyValue
Headwordtemporal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,483
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of temporal in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for temporal is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁal\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,483 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui a rapport aux tempes.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for temporal, with forms such as "etmporal", "temmporal", and "temopral". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "temporel", "temporels", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is temporal, spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport aux tempes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etmporal,temmporal,temopral,tempoarl,temporall,temporla,temporral,tempporal,temproal,tepmoral,tmeporal,ttemporal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for temporal

Misspelling Variants of "temporal"

etmporal8temmporal9temopral8tempoarl8temporall9temporla8temporral9tempporal9
Misspelling Variants of "temporal"

Frequency rank: #46,483 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "temporal"?
"temporal" is spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁal\.
What does "temporal" mean?
As an adj, "temporal" means: Qui a rapport aux tempes.
What words are commonly confused with "temporal"?
"temporal" is commonly confused with "temporel", "temporels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "temporal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "temporal" is \tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "temporal" come from?
"temporal" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.