terrine
\tɛ.ʁin\
The verdict
“terrine” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,485
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipient de terre, de faïence, etc., de forme ronde, plat par en bas, et qui va en s’élargissant par en haut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-terrine · terrine · French
terrine · rank #46,485 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,485
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH terminons
Nearest frequency peer: terminons (-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 « terrine »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tempes
tempes
53,519 corpus weight
- temporal
temporal
53,518 corpus weight
- terminons
terminons
53,517 corpus weight
- terrine
terrine
53,516 corpus weight
- therapy
therapy
53,515 corpus weight
- thunderbird
thunderbird
53,514 corpus weight
What this shows « terrine » 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 | terrine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « terrine »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around terrine (IPA \tɛ.ʁin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,485 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrine, with forms such as "etrrine", "terine", and "terirne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "traîne", "turbine", "torride", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is terrine, spelled T-E-R-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Récipient de terre, de faïence, etc., de forme ronde, plat par en bas, et qui va en s’élargissant par en haut.
- 2Sorte de pâté fait dans une terrine et qu’on sert froid.
- 3Tête, visage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how terrine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fabrique dans le département des Ardennes des poteries communes telles que : terrines, vases de cuisine, casseroles, pots à fleurs, etc., avec des argiles impures.
La maîtresse de maison, aidée de ses filles, avait fait le pain, des fougasses aux grattons et aux olives, pâtés truffés en terrine, fouaces, gâteaux à la broche et tartes aux pommes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrrine
- terine
- terirne
- terrinne
- terrnie
- trerine
- tterrine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).