terrestre
\tɛ.ʁɛstʁ\
The verdict
“terrestre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,820 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,820
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif à la planète Terre.
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 | terrestre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁɛstʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terrestre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for terrestre is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ.ʁɛstʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,820 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrestre, with forms such as "etrrestre", "tererstre", and "terestre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "terrestres", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is terrestre, spelled T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la planète Terre.
- 2Relatif à la terre ferme, par opposition à marin, aquatique, aérien, céleste, etc.
- 3Qui intéresse ce monde, qui est temporel, par opposition à spirituel.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrrestre,tererstre,terestre,terresrte,terresstre,terrester,terrestrre,terresttre,terretsre,terrsetre,trerestre,tterrestre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrestre - 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 “terrestre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ.ʁɛstʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “terrestres” - see the side-by-side comparison. terrestre vs terrestres
- 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.