thread
\tʁɛd\
The verdict
“thread” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,615
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de fil d’exécution ou processus léger : processus inclus dans un autre processus et qui utilise les ressources de cet autre processus ^([1]).
Corpus desk
Index FR-thread · thread · French
thread · rank #5,615 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,615
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tensions
Nearest frequency peer: tensions (-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 « thread »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Stephen
Stephen
94,389 corpus weight
- subit
subit
94,388 corpus weight
- tensions
tensions
94,387 corpus weight
- thread
thread
94,386 corpus weight
- théories
théories
94,385 corpus weight
- times
times
94,384 corpus weight
What this shows « thread » 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 | thread |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɛd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « thread »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around thread (IPA \tʁɛd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,615 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 thread, with forms such as "htread", "therad", and "thhread". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "three", "trend", "threads", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is thread, spelled T-H-R-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de fil d’exécution ou processus léger : processus inclus dans un autre processus et qui utilise les ressources de cet autre processus ^([1]).
- 2Synonyme de fil de discussion ou fil d’intérêt : suite de messages (généralement des courriels) contenant des informations étroitement associées et que l’on peut isoler facilement des autres messages ^([2]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thread appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout part d’un thread (une série de tweets reliés les uns aux autres), publié le 19 février par un internaute.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htread
- therad
- thhread
- thraed
- threadd
- threda
- thrread
- trhead
- tthread
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thread - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).