territoire

\tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\

/\tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“territoire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#989
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendue de terre plus ou moins précisément délimitée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-territoire · territoire · French

territoire · rank #989 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #989
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH telle

Nearest frequency peer: telle (-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 « territoire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « territoire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

territoire vs territoires
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for territoire
PropertyValue
Headwordterritoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#989
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « territoire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.territoirese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « telle » (#988), « unique » (#990), « rendez » (#987). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « territoire » est au #989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around territoire (IPA \tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #989 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for territoire, with forms such as "etrritoire", "terirtoire", and "teritoire". 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, "territoires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 territoire, spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue de terre plus ou moins précisément délimitée.
  2. 2
    Aire sur laquelle vit un groupe humain.
  3. 3
    Espace délimité d’un État, d’une province, d’une ville, d’une juridiction, etc.
  4. 4
    Entité fédérée dans certains pays, dont le Canada, les États-Unis et l'Australie, souvent avec un statut spécial ou un degré moindre d'autonomie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how territoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est en effet incontestable qu’à une époque, le détroit de Behring qui sépare aujourd’hui l’Asie de l’Amérique était remplacé par un territoire qui reliait les deux continents.
  2. Mais, depuis la bataille de Tolbiac et la conversion de Clovis, L’Église eut ses coudées franches et put rapidement asseoir son influence à travers le territoire.

This word in other languages

territory(English)territorio(Español)Gebiet(Deutsch)território(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrritoire
  • terirtoire
  • teritoire
  • terriotire
  • territiore
  • territoier
  • territoirre
  • territorie
  • territtoire
  • terrtioire
  • treritoire
  • tterritoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of territoire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etrritoire2terirtoire2teritoire1terriotire2territiore2territoier2territoirre1territorie2
Edit distance from "territoire"

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 "territoire"?
"territoire" is spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\.
What does "territoire" mean?
As a noun, "territoire" means: Étendue de terre plus ou moins précisément délimitée.
What words are commonly confused with "territoire"?
"territoire" is commonly confused with "territoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "territoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "territoire" is \tɛ.ʁi.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "territoire" come from?
"territoire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "territoire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

physique12 variantscommencer12 variantstoutefois12 variantsprincipe12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list