teneur

\tə.nœʁ\

/\tə.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“teneur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,084. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,084
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est contenu mot à mot dans un écrit, son texte littéral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teneur · teneur · French

teneur · rank #9,084 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,084
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH temporairement

Nearest frequency peer: temporairement (-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 « teneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « teneur » 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).

teneur vs tenu
67% similar
teneur vs tenir
67% similar
teneur vs tueur
67% similar

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

Key facts for teneur
PropertyValue
Headwordteneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tə.nœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,084
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « teneur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).teneurse 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 « temporairement » (#9,083), « terminale » (#9,085), « tarder » (#9,082). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « teneur » est au #9,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around teneur (IPA \tə.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,084 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for teneur, with forms such as "etneur", "teenur", and "teneru". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "tenu", "tenir", "tueur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is teneur, spelled T-E-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est contenu mot à mot dans un écrit, son texte littéral.
  2. 2
    Ce qu’un corps contient d’une certaine substance.
  3. 3
    Note sur laquelle on chante un psaume. Voix en valeurs longues considérée comme partie principale au Moyen-Age.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La teneur d’un acte, d'un testament, d’un traité.
  2. Voici exactement la teneur de sa lettre.

This word in other languages

tenor(English)Gehalt(Deutsch)teor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etneur
  • teenur
  • teneru
  • teneurr
  • tenneur
  • tenuer
  • tneeur
  • tteneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etneur2teenur2teneru2teneurr1tenneur1tenuer2tneeur2tteneur1
Edit distance from "teneur"

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 "teneur"?
"teneur" is spelled T-E-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tə.nœʁ\.
What does "teneur" mean?
As a noun, "teneur" means: Ce qui est contenu mot à mot dans un écrit, son texte littéral.
What words are commonly confused with "teneur"?
"teneur" is commonly confused with "tenu", "tenir", "tueur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teneur" is \tə.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teneur" come from?
"teneur" 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 "teneur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list