tester

\tɛs.te\

/\tɛs.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“tester” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,880
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tester · tester · French

tester · rank #3,880 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,880
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH terroriste

Nearest frequency peer: terroriste (-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 « tester »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tester » 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).

tester vs tête
50% similar
tester vs texte
67% similar
tester vs tests
67% similar

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

Key facts for tester
PropertyValue
Headwordtester
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɛs.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,880
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tester »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « terroriste » (#3,879), « transmission » (#3,881), « subir » (#3,878). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tester » est au #3,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tester (IPA \tɛs.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,880 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tester, with forms such as "etster", "tesetr", and "tesster". 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", "texte", "tests", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tester, spelled T-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux temps anciens, les Sourds et les Muets ne pouvaient tester. Ulpien proclame l'incapacité du muet, du sourd, du furieux, du prodigue interdit. Le muet ne pourra pas tester, puisqu'il ne parle pas, et le sourd sera dans la même impossibilité, puisqu'il ne peut parvenir à entendre le langage de ses parents.
  2. Que transmettre quand on ne possède presque rien ? Artisans, commerçants, nobles et prêtres tenaient la place essentielle. Hommes et femmes testaient à égalité, semble-t-il.

This word in other languages

will(English)testieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etster
  • tesetr
  • tesster
  • testerr
  • testre
  • testter
  • tetser
  • tseter
  • ttester

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etster2tesetr2tesster1testerr1testre2testter1tetser2tseter2
Edit distance from "tester"

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 "tester"?
"tester" is spelled T-E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛs.te\.
What does "tester" mean?
As a verb, "tester" means: Déclarer par un acte ce que l’on veut qui soit exécuté après sa mort.
What words are commonly confused with "tester"?
"tester" is commonly confused with "tête", "texte", "tests". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tester" is \tɛs.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tester" come from?
"tester" 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 "tester", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

évoque#3,888saisir#3,872beurre#3,898mignon#3,861

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

aveugle9 variantshésite9 variantsglobal9 variantsexcuses9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list