terrasse
\tɛ.ʁas\
The verdict
“terrasse” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,819 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,819
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Levée de terre artificielle en plate-forme, ordinairement soutenue par de la maçonnerie.
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 | terrasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terrasse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for terrasse is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrasse, with forms such as "etrrasse", "terarsse", and "terasse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "terrasser", "terrace", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 terrasse, spelled T-E-R-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Levée de terre artificielle en plate-forme, ordinairement soutenue par de la maçonnerie.
- 2Dans 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).
- 3Plate-forme aménagée à l’un des étages d’une construction, sans faire saillie, à la différence du balcon.
- 4Type de toiture d’un édifice, lorsqu’elle est constituée d’une plate-forme maçonnée.
- 5Balcon de grande dimension.
- 6Partie en plein air d’un établissement public, café ou restaurant.
- 7Emplacement 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.
- 8Surface plane ou légèrement inclinée, en bordure d’un cours d’eau, vestige d’anciens niveaux d’écoulement.
- 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrasse - 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.
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Using “terrasse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-R-R-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ.ʁas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “terrasser” - see the side-by-side comparison. terrasse vs terrasser
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.