terrasse

/\tɛ.ʁas\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,819

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

terrasse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Levée de terre artificielle en plate-forme, ordinairement soutenue par de la maçonnerie. Pronounced \tɛ.ʁas\. It ranks #5,819 in French word frequency. Often confused with terrasser and terrace.

Key facts for terrasse
PropertyValue
Headwordterrasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛ.ʁas\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,819
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for terrasse is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ.ʁas\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,819 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for terrasse, with forms such as "etrrasse", "terarsse", and "terasse". 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, "terrasser", "terrace", 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 terrasse, spelled T-E-R-R-A-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Levée de terre artificielle en plate-forme, ordinairement soutenue par de la maçonnerie.
  2. 2
    Dans les endroits où le relief est accidenté, désigne des terrains aménagés horizontalement en étages et soutenus par des murets (→ voir terrasse agricole et rizière en terrasse).
  3. 3
    Plate-forme aménagée à l’un des étages d’une construction, sans faire saillie, à la différence du balcon.
  4. 4
    Type de toiture d’un édifice, lorsqu’elle est constituée d’une plate-forme maçonnée.
  5. 5
    Balcon de grande dimension.
  6. 6
    Partie en plein air d’un établissement public, café ou restaurant.
  7. 7
    Emplacement sur le trottoir d’une voie publique ou sur les places de stationnement de voitures où l’on dispose des tables et des chaises pour les consommateurs.
  8. 8
    Surface plane ou légèrement inclinée, en bordure d’un cours d’eau, vestige d’anciens niveaux d’écoulement.
  9. 9
    - Partie tendre qui se présente par veine dans un bloc de marbre ; cheval de terre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etrrasse,terarsse,terasse,terrase,terrases,terrsase,trerasse,tterrasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for terrasse

Misspelling Variants of "terrasse"

etrrasse8terarsse8terasse7terrase7terrases8terrsase8trerasse8tterrasse9
Misspelling Variants of "terrasse"

Frequency rank: #5,819 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terrasse"?
"terrasse" is spelled T-E-R-R-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ʁas\.
What does "terrasse" mean?
As a noun, "terrasse" means: Levée de terre artificielle en plate-forme, ordinairement soutenue par de la maçonnerie.
What words are commonly confused with "terrasse"?
"terrasse" is commonly confused with "terrasser", "terrace". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terrasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terrasse" is \tɛ.ʁas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terrasse" come from?
"terrasse" 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.