termites
\tɛʁ.mit\
The verdict
“termites” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,180
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de termite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-termites · termites · French
termites · rank #36,180 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,180
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH thermales
Nearest frequency peer: thermales (+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 « termites »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Tahar
Tahar
63,824 corpus weight
- tale
tale
63,823 corpus weight
- termites
termites
63,821 corpus weight
- thermales
thermales
63,820 corpus weight
- thermidor
thermidor
63,819 corpus weight
- tian
tian
63,818 corpus weight
What this shows « termites » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | termites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛʁ.mit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « termites »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around termites (IPA \tɛʁ.mit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,180 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de termite.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for termites, with forms such as "etrmites", "temrites", and "terimtes". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "traités", "truites", "termes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is termites, spelled T-E-R-M-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de termite.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrmites
- temrites
- terimtes
- termiets
- termitess
- termitse
- termittes
- termmites
- termties
- terrmites
- tremites
- ttermites
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of termites - 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.
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 "termites"?
What does "termites" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "termites"?
How do you pronounce "termites"?
What language does "termites" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "termites", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).