ticket

\ti.kɛ\

/\ti.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ticket” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,665
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Billet donnant droit à l’accès dans un véhicule de transport en commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ticket · ticket · French

ticket · rank #6,665 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,665
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Thaïlande

Nearest frequency peer: Thaïlande (-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 « ticket »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ticket » 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).

ticket vs tiret
67% similar
ticket vs Tucker
50% similar
ticket vs tickets
86% similar

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

Key facts for ticket
PropertyValue
Headwordticket
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,665
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ticket »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ticketse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Thaïlande » (#6,664), « timide » (#6,666), « touchant » (#6,667). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « ticket » est au #6,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ticket (IPA \ti.kɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,665 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ticket, with forms such as "itcket", "tciket", and "ticcket". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tiret", "Tucker", "tickets", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ticket, spelled T-I-C-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Billet donnant droit à l’accès dans un véhicule de transport en commun.
  2. 2
    (Suivi de pour) Cause menant vers une conséquence ou moyen menant vers un but.
  3. 3
    Billet attestant d’un achat.
  4. 4
    Billet comportant un numéro d’ordre de passage dans une file d’attente.
  5. 5
    Enregistrement d’un évènement pour assurer sa traçabilité.
  6. 6
    Unité ou multiple d'une monnaie en cours.
  7. 7
    Paire faisant campagne ensemble pour les deux premiers postes durant les élections.
  8. 8
    Ticket de rationnement détachable d'une carte d’alimentation, en usage en France pendant l’occupation allemande et peu après la fin de la guerre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vol au collet marseillais était une arnaque découverte pour la première fois à Marseille qui consistait à bloquer les cartes bleues grâce à un collet (quelquefois, un simple ticket de métro) apposé sur les lecteurs de distributeurs.
  2. … la tranquillité, dans ce métier, c'est un ticket pour le cimetière […].

Synonyms

billetfacturettefactureticketonticksontitre de transportamendecontraventionprocès-verbal

This word in other languages

ticket(English)cupón(Español)Coupon(Deutsch)bilhete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itcket
  • tciket
  • ticcket
  • ticekt
  • tickett
  • tickket
  • tickte
  • tikcet
  • tticket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ticket - 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.

itcket2tciket2ticcket1ticekt2tickett1tickket1tickte2tikcet2
Edit distance from "ticket"

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 "ticket"?
"ticket" is spelled T-I-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.kɛ\.
What does "ticket" mean?
As a noun, "ticket" means: Billet donnant droit à l’accès dans un véhicule de transport en commun.
What words are commonly confused with "ticket"?
"ticket" is commonly confused with "tiret", "Tucker", "tickets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ticket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ticket" is \ti.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ticket" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

timide#6,666sienne#6,660résolu#6,655Andrew#6,678

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

revers9 variantsrachat9 variantscloche9 variantscoréen9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list