testa

\tɛs.ta\

/\tɛs.ta\/ noun

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The verdict

“testa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,647
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enveloppe la plus extérieure de la graine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-testa · testa · French

testa · rank #47,647 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,647
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tessons

Nearest frequency peer: tessons (-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 « testa »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « testa » 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).

testa vs tête
40% similar
testa vs Text
40% similar
testa vs têtu
40% similar

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

Key facts for testa
PropertyValue
Headwordtesta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛs.ta\
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,647
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « testa »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).testase 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 « tessons » (#47,646), « terrorise » (#47,645), « terms » (#47,644). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « testa » est au #47,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around testa (IPA \tɛs.ta\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,647 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Enveloppe la plus extérieure de la graine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for testa, with forms such as "etsta", "tesat", and "tessta". 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, "tête", "Text", "têtu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is testa, spelled T-E-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enveloppe la plus extérieure de la graine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certaines graines ont une testa lisse et brillante ; dans d’autres, elle est chagrinée, inégale ou même pourvue de côtes saillantes, de plis simples ou contournés, d’arêtes plus ou moins accusées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etsta
  • tesat
  • tessta
  • testta
  • tetsa
  • tseta
  • ttesta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etsta2tesat2tessta1testta1tetsa2tseta2ttesta1
Edit distance from "testa"

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 "testa"?
"testa" is spelled T-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛs.ta\.
What does "testa" mean?
As a noun, "testa" means: Enveloppe la plus extérieure de la graine.
What words are commonly confused with "testa"?
"testa" is commonly confused with "tête", "Text", "têtu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "testa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "testa" is \tɛs.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "testa" come from?
"testa" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

terms#47,644takes#47,639sunna#47,627Upton#47,669

Similar misspelling depth

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

senat7 variantszoulou7 variantsétuis7 variantsactée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list