Theater
\teˈaːtɐ\
The verdict
“Theater” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,566
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Théâtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-theater · Theater · French
Theater · rank #38,566 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,566
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH terroriser
Nearest frequency peer: terroriser (-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 « Theater »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tarse
tarse
61,439 corpus weight
- tenaces
tenaces
61,438 corpus weight
- tenterait
tenterait
61,437 corpus weight
- terroriser
terroriser
61,436 corpus weight
- Theater
Theater
61,435 corpus weight
- tolérable
tolérable
61,432 corpus weight
What this shows « Theater » 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 | Theater |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \teˈaːtɐ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Theater »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Theater (IPA \teˈaːtɐ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,566 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Theater, with forms such as "hteater", "tehater", and "thaeter". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "theatre", "tweeter", "théâtres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Theater, spelled T-H-E-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Théâtre.
- 2Théâtre (forme d’art).
- 3Pièce de théâtre, représentation théâtrale.
- 4Troupe de théâtre.
- 5Comédie, cirque, cinéma, bazar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Theater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der junge Mann wartet auf seinen Freund vor dem Theater.
Jonas seufzte. Schon seit Ewigkeiten war er nicht mehr im Theater gewesen, und er wäre sicher auch nicht von alleine auf die Idee gekommen. Es war Mia gewesen, die den Wunsch geäußert hatte, mal wieder ins Schauspielhaus zu gehen statt immer nur ins Kino.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hteater
- tehater
- thaeter
- theaetr
- theaterr
- theatter
- thetaer
- thheater
- ttheater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Theater - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Theater", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).