têtu

\tɛ.ty\

/\tɛ.ty\/ adj

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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
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opiniâtre, obstiné, qui ne veut pas démordre de son idée, opinion, ou volonté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tetu · têtu · French

têtu · rank #23,059 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,059
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH télévisés

Nearest frequency peer: télévisés (-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 « têtu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « têtu » 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).

têtu vs tu
50% similar
têtu vs TNT
0% similar
têtu vs tot
50% similar

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

Key facts for têtu
PropertyValue
Headwordtêtu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɛ.ty\
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,059
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « têtu »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.têtuse 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 « télévisés » (#23,058), « typologie » (#23,057), « vigoureux » (#23,061). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « têtu » est au #23,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around têtu (IPA \tɛ.ty\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,059 among 3,703 “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

  1. 1
    Opiniâtre, obstiné, qui ne veut pas démordre de son idée, opinion, ou volonté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Naboth est mort ! Les chiens mangeront la cervelle Du couple abominable en son crime têtu ; Ma fureur fauchera cette race infidèle : Comme un bon moissonneur, de vigueur revêtu, Qui tranche à tour de bras les épis par centaines, Je ferai le sol ras jusqu’au moindre fétu.
  2. Vous êtes tellement têtu qu’on ne peut pas vous déconseiller.

Synonyms

bornécabochardtête de mule

This word in other languages

stubborn(English)testarudo(Español)dickköpfig(Deutsch)teimoso(Português)

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.

tetu1ttêtu1ttêu2têttu1têut2êttu2
Edit distance from "têtu"

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 "têtu"?
"têtu" is spelled T-Ê-T-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ty\.
What does "têtu" mean?
As an adjective, "têtu" means: Opiniâtre, obstiné, qui ne veut pas démordre de son idée, opinion, ou volonté.
What words are commonly confused with "têtu"?
"têtu" is commonly confused with "tu", "TNT", "tot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "têtu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "têtu" is \tɛ.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "têtu" come from?
"têtu" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

walk#23,069wesh#23,070sève#23,043saul#23,022

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

adage6 variantsSinaï6 variantsalliez6 variantsBlum6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list