Tetris

\te.tʁis\

/\te.tʁis\/ name

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Tetris » 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).

Tetris vs tris
67% similar
Tetris vs Tutsis
67% similar
Tetris vs titrés
50% similar

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

Key facts for Tetris
PropertyValue
HeadwordTetris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\te.tʁis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,051
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tetris »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Tetrisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « testicule » (#40,050), « toponymie » (#40,052), « tesson » (#40,049). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tetris » est au #40,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    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 restent.
  2. 2
    Ensemble de blocs empilés les uns sur les autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

ettris2tertis2tetirs2tetriss1tetrris1tetrsi2tettris1tteris2
Edit distance from "Tetris"

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 "Tetris"?
"Tetris" is spelled T-E-T-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \te.tʁis\.
What does "Tetris" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tetris" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "Tetris"?
"Tetris" is commonly confused with "tris", "Tutsis", "titrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tetris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tetris" is \te.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tetris" come from?
"Tetris" 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 "Tetris", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list