Tetris
\te.tʁis\
The verdict
“Tetris” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,051
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu vidéo de puzzle faisant défiler des blocs de formes diverses et consistant à les empiler pour former des lignes complètes qui disparaissent, alors que celles qui comportent au moins un trou res...
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Index FR-tetris · Tetris · French
Tetris · rank #40,051 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,051
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH testicule
Nearest frequency peer: testicule (-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 « Tetris »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- terrassement
terrassement
59,954 corpus weight
- tesson
tesson
59,952 corpus weight
- testicule
testicule
59,951 corpus weight
- Tetris
Tetris
59,950 corpus weight
- toponymie
toponymie
59,949 corpus weight
- toxicomanes
toxicomanes
59,946 corpus weight
What this shows « Tetris » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tetris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \te.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tetris »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Tetris (IPA \te.tʁis\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,051 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tetris, with forms such as "ettris", "tertis", and "tetirs". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tris", "Tutsis", "titrés", and more, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Tetris, spelled T-E-T-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu vidéo de puzzle faisant défiler des blocs de formes diverses et consistant à les empiler pour former des lignes complètes qui disparaissent, alors que celles qui comportent au moins un trou restent.
- 2Ensemble de blocs empilés les uns sur les autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tetris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant longtemps, le niveau 29 a été considéré comme la limite de Tetris, lorsque le jeu devient si rapide que l’humain n’arrive plus à réagir assez vite.
Des halls gigantesques sont jonchés d’énormes blocs de Tetris imbriqués, pour isoler la quinzaine de faisceaux de neutrons issus de la cible rotative émettrice. Elle est désormais enserrée dans un épais cocon de béton, pour confiner les rayonnements qui résulteront de son bombardement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ettris
- tertis
- tetirs
- tetriss
- tetrris
- tetrsi
- tettris
- tteris
- ttetris
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tetris - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).