tesla

\tɛs.la\

/\tɛs.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“tesla” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,921
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de la densité de flux magnétique ou de l’induction magnétique du Système international, défini comme weber par mètre carré, dont le symbole est T.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tesla · tesla · French

tesla · rank #13,921 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,921
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tampon

Nearest frequency peer: tampon (-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 « tesla »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tesla » 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).

tesla vs test
60% similar
tesla vs Tess
40% similar
tesla vs tests
60% similar

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

Key facts for tesla
PropertyValue
Headwordtesla
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛs.la\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,921
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tesla »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tampon » (#13,920), « timing » (#13,922), « travaillaient » (#13,923). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tesla » est au #13,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tesla (IPA \tɛs.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,921 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de mesure de la densité de flux magnétique ou de l’induction magnétique du Système international, défini comme weber par mètre carré, dont le symbole est T.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tesla, with forms such as "etsla", "telsa", and "tesal". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "test", "Tess", "tests", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tesla, spelled T-E-S-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de la densité de flux magnétique ou de l’induction magnétique du Système international, défini comme weber par mètre carré, dont le symbole est T.

This word in other languages

tesla(English)Tesla(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etsla
  • telsa
  • tesal
  • teslla
  • tessla
  • tsela
  • ttesla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etsla2telsa2tesal2teslla1tessla1tsela2ttesla1
Edit distance from "tesla"

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 "tesla"?
"tesla" is spelled T-E-S-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛs.la\.
What does "tesla" mean?
As a noun, "tesla" means: Unité de mesure de la densité de flux magnétique ou de l’induction magnétique du Système international, défini comme weber par mètre carré, dont le symbole est T.
What words are commonly confused with "tesla"?
"tesla" is commonly confused with "test", "Tess", "tests". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tesla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tesla" is \tɛs.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tesla" come from?
"tesla" 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 "tesla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tuées#13,927valet#13,933votez#13,939égide#13,943

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tuteur7 variantsancre7 variantspourrir7 variantsAubry7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list