tétons

\te.tɔ̃\

/\te.tɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“tétons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,128
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de téton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tetons · tétons · French

tétons · rank #22,128 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,128
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tremblant

Nearest frequency peer: tremblant (-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 « tétons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tétons » 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).

tétons vs tons
67% similar
tétons vs tutos
67% similar
tétons vs thons
67% similar

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

Key facts for tétons
PropertyValue
Headwordtétons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te.tɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,128
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tétons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tétonsse 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 « tremblant » (#22,127), « universelles » (#22,129), « traumatismes » (#22,126). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tétons » est au #22,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tétons (IPA \te.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,128 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de téton.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tétons, with forms such as "tetons", "ttéons", and "ttétons". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "tons", "tutos", "thons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tétons, spelled T-É-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de téton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du lit nuptial au bobinard, il n’y eut alors qu’un pas que les péripatéticiennes vénitiennes familières du Ponte delle Tette, le pont des Tétons, eurent vite fait de franchir, boulottant du tiramisu pour se donner du nerf à l’ouvrage, tout comme leurs clients, soucieux de « tirer vers le haut » ce qui tendait à fléchir…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tetons
  • ttéons
  • ttétons
  • téotns
  • tétnos
  • tétonns
  • tétonss
  • tétosn
  • téttons
  • éttons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

tetons1ttéons2ttétons1téotns2tétnos2tétonns1tétonss1tétosn2
Edit distance from "tétons"

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 "tétons"?
"tétons" is spelled T-É-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \te.tɔ̃\.
What does "tétons" mean?
As a noun, "tétons" means: Pluriel de téton.
What words are commonly confused with "tétons"?
"tétons" is commonly confused with "tons", "tutos", "thons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tétons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tétons" is \te.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tétons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

vapeurs10 variantsterriens10 variantstaureaux10 variantsaccentué10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list