tiercé

\tjɛʁ.se\

/\tjɛʁ.se\/ adj

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The verdict

“tiercé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,071
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haussé d’un tiers, en parlant d’un prix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tierce · tiercé · French

tiercé · rank #47,071 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,071
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH théocratie

Nearest frequency peer: théocratie (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “tiercé”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “tiercé” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

tiercé vs tiré
67% similar
tiercé vs titre
50% similar
tiercé vs tiers
67% similar

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

Key facts for tiercé
PropertyValue
Headwordtiercé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tjɛʁ.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,071
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “tiercé” se place dans la fréquence du français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « théocratie » (#47,070), « titrés » (#47,072), « terrasser » (#47,069). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tiercé (IPA \tjɛʁ.se\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,071 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tiercé, with forms such as "itercé", "teircé", and "tiecré". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "tiré", "titre", "tiers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tiercé, spelled T-I-E-R-C-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haussé d’un tiers, en parlant d’un prix.
  2. 2
    Qui a reçu un troisième labour.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un écu qui est divisé en trois parties égales.
  4. 4
    Composé de deux vantaux dont l’un est deux fois plus large que l’autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bail tiercé.
  2. Champ tiercé.

This word in other languages

tierced(English)terciado(Español)zweimal(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itercé
  • teircé
  • tiecré
  • tierccé
  • tierce
  • tierrcé
  • tieréc
  • tirecé
  • ttiercé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

itercé2teircé2tiecré2tierccé1tierce1tierrcé1tieréc2tirecé2
Edit distance from "tiercé"

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 "tiercé"?
"tiercé" is spelled T-I-E-R-C-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tjɛʁ.se\.
What does "tiercé" mean?
As an adjective, "tiercé" means: Haussé d’un tiers, en parlant d’un prix.
What words are commonly confused with "tiercé"?
"tiercé" is commonly confused with "tiré", "titre", "tiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tiercé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiercé" is \tjɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiercé" come from?
"tiercé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

titrés#47,072Tivoli#47,073Teller#47,067Taurus#47,065

Similar misspelling depth

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

échoppe9 variantssaboté9 variantsédiles9 variantsrénaux9 variants

What to do next

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  • "tiercé" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tiré". View pair
  • 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #47,071 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list