territorial

\tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\

/\tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\/ adj

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The verdict

“territorial” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,074
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne un territoire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-territorial · territorial · French

territorial · rank #12,074 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,074
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH survenue

Nearest frequency peer: survenue (-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 « territorial »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « territorial » 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).

territorial vs territoriale
92% similar
territorial vs territoriaux
83% similar
territorial vs territoriales
85% similar

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

Key facts for territorial
PropertyValue
Headwordterritorial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,074
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « territorial »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).territorialse 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 « survenue » (#12,073), « théoriquement » (#12,075), « supprimés » (#12,072). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « territorial » est au #12,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around territorial (IPA \tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,074 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for territorial, with forms such as "etrritorial", "terirtorial", and "teritorial". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "territoriale", "territoriaux", "territoriales", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is territorial, spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-R-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne un territoire.
  2. 2
    Qualifiait des troupes formées d’hommes ayant fait leur temps de service dans l’armée active et dans la réserve, et destinées à la défense intérieure du territoire.
  3. 3
    Qui vit sur une zone géographique bien déterminée, son territoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme héritier de sa mère, Agnès de Bar, fille du comte Renault et épouse du comte Albert de Chiny, l'évêque Arnoul avait aussi des droits territoriaux dans le bassin de l'Aire et sur les coteaux argonnais.
  2. « Une grosse dizaine de projets territoriaux ont vu le jour depuis 2015 », souligne Alice Abbat, coordinatrice du Réseau consigne.

This word in other languages

territorial(English)territorial(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrritorial
  • terirtorial
  • teritorial
  • terriotrial
  • territoiral
  • territorail
  • territoriall
  • territorila
  • territorrial
  • territroial
  • territtorial
  • terrtiorial
  • treritorial
  • tterritorial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of territorial - 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.

etrritorial2terirtorial2teritorial1terriotrial2territoiral2territorail2territoriall1territorila2
Edit distance from "territorial"

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 "territorial"?
"territorial" is spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-R-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\.
What does "territorial" mean?
As an adjective, "territorial" means: Qui concerne un territoire.
What words are commonly confused with "territorial"?
"territorial" is commonly confused with "territoriale", "territoriaux", "territoriales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "territorial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "territorial" is \tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "territorial" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

sorcières14 variantsscandales14 variantsautorisées14 variantscaricature14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list