Tetris
\te.tʁis\
The verdict
“Tetris” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,051 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #40,051
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “Tetris” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Tetris is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \te.tʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,051 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “Tetris”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-T-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \te.tʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tris” - see the side-by-side comparison. Tetris vs tris
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.