têtu
\tɛ.ty\
The verdict
“têtu” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,059
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Opiniâtre, obstiné, qui ne veut pas démordre de son idée, opinion, ou volonté.
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 | têtu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɛ.ty\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “têtu” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around têtu (IPA \tɛ.ty\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,059 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Opiniâtre, obstiné, qui ne veut pas démordre de son idée, opinion, ou volonté.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for têtu, with forms such as "tetu", "ttêtu", and "ttêu". 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, "tu", "TNT", "tot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is têtu, spelled T-Ê-T-U.
Definition
- 1Opiniâtre, obstiné, qui ne veut pas démordre de son idée, opinion, ou volonté.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tetu
- ttêtu
- ttêu
- têttu
- têut
- êttu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of têtu - 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 “têtu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-Ê-T-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ.ty\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tu” - see the side-by-side comparison. têtu vs tu
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.