théière
\te.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“théière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,042
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipient servant à faire infuser le thé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-theiere · théière · French
théière · rank #41,042 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,042
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Thessalonique
Nearest frequency peer: Thessalonique (-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 « théière »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tentées
tentées
58,962 corpus weight
- Thalès
Thalès
58,961 corpus weight
- Thessaloniq…
Thessalonique
58,960 corpus weight
- théière
théière
58,959 corpus weight
- torchons
torchons
58,957 corpus weight
- transcender
transcender
58,956 corpus weight
What this shows « théière » 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 | théière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « théière »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around théière (IPA \te.jɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,042 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for théière, with forms such as "htéière", "theiere", and "thhéière". 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", "their", "Thiers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is théière, spelled T-H-É-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Récipient servant à faire infuser le thé.
- 2Vespasienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how théière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre temps notre hôte fouille dans ses coffres et en tire un plateau de cuivre, une petite théière en métal blanc, une boîte contenant du thé vert, un paquet de menthe, un pain de sucre, une demi-douzaine de petits verres peinturlurés : tout ce qu’il faut pour préparer et servir le fameux breuvage national.
Ce n’était pas elle qui en avait acheté mais sa colocatrice, une théière frémissante toujours à la main, du temps où les deux étudiantes partageaient un appartement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htéière
- theiere
- thhéière
- thiéère
- théirèe
- théièer
- théièrre
- théèire
- tthéière
- téhière
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of théière - 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 "théière", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).