theatre
\ˈθiː.ə.tə\
The verdict
“theatre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,295
- 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-theatre · theatre · French
theatre · rank #20,295 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,295
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH terminera
Nearest frequency peer: terminera (-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 « theatre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tampa
tampa
79,709 corpus weight
- tendus
tendus
79,708 corpus weight
- terminera
terminera
79,707 corpus weight
- theatre
theatre
79,706 corpus weight
- thune
thune
79,705 corpus weight
- thérapeute
thérapeute
79,704 corpus weight
What this shows « theatre » 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 | theatre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈθiː.ə.tə\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « theatre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around theatre (IPA \ˈθiː.ə.tə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,295 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 theatre, with forms such as "hteatre", "tehatre", and "thaetre". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "there", "théière", "théâtres", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is theatre, spelled T-H-E-A-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Théâtre.
- 2Théâtre militaire
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hteatre
- tehatre
- thaetre
- thearte
- theatrre
- theattre
- thetare
- thheatre
- ttheatre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of theatre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "theatre", 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).