terme

\tɛʁm\

/\tɛʁm\/ noun

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The verdict

“terme” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#535
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Borne marquant une limite et faite d’un buste terminé en gaine, en souvenir du dieu Terme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-terme · terme · French

terme · rank #535 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #535
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sortir

Nearest frequency peer: sortir (-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 « terme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « terme » 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).

terme vs tre
60% similar
terme vs tête
40% similar
terme vs tiré
40% similar

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

Key facts for terme
PropertyValue
Headwordterme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛʁm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#535
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « terme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.termese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sortir » (#534), « viens » (#536), « siècle » (#533). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « terme » est au #535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around terme (IPA \tɛʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #535 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for terme, with forms such as "etrme", "temre", and "terem". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tre", "tête", "tiré", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is terme, spelled T-E-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Borne marquant une limite et faite d’un buste terminé en gaine, en souvenir du dieu Terme.
  2. 2
    Fin d’un espace à parcourir.
  3. 3
    Fin d’une période de temps.
  4. 4
    Borne ; limite où s’arrête quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Moment fixé d’avance pour un paiement.
  6. 6
    Somme due au bout du terme.
  7. 7
    Temps au bout duquel une femme doit accoucher, dans le cours ordinaire de la nature.
  8. 8
    Date prévue de la mise à bas, en parlant des femelles de quelques animaux, des vaches, des juments, etc.
  9. 9
    État, nature des relations qu’on entretient avec quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. F° 67r° : un dessin formant scène – satyre fustigeant une satyresse, devant une statue-terme de Priape. Copie d’un détail d’une gravure de M. Raimondi ([…]) d’après un bas-relief antique à Rome.
  2. Au terme d’un ancien chemin usé jusqu’à l’enrochement […], le hameau des vieux marais dérobe sa dizaine de masures à ras du sol, à l’orée de la Fagne.

This word in other languages

herm(English)Ende(Deutsch)fim(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrme
  • temre
  • terem
  • termme
  • terrme
  • treme
  • tterme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etrme2temre2terem2termme1terrme1treme2tterme1
Edit distance from "terme"

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 "terme"?
"terme" is spelled T-E-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛʁm\.
What does "terme" mean?
As a noun, "terme" means: Borne marquant une limite et faite d’un buste terminé en gaine, en souvenir du dieu Terme.
What words are commonly confused with "terme"?
"terme" is commonly confused with "tre", "tête", "tiré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terme" is \tɛʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terme" come from?
"terme" 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 "terme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

viens#536avril#539frère#542envie#527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

affaire7 variantsabord7 variantsvenir7 variantsvivre7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list