tiers

\tjɛʁ\

/\tjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tiers” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,643
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’une unité qui est subdivisée en trois parties égales ; résultat de la division par trois. 1/3.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tiers · tiers · French

tiers · rank #1,643 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,643
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH textes

Nearest frequency peer: textes (-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 « tiers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tiers » 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).

tiers vs tir
60% similar
tiers vs très
40% similar
tiers vs tuer
60% similar

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

Key facts for tiers
PropertyValue
Headwordtiers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tjɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,643
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tiers »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tiersse 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 « textes » (#1,642), « voitures » (#1,644), « structure » (#1,641). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tiers » est au #1,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tiers (IPA \tjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,643 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tiers, with forms such as "iters", "teirs", and "tierrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tir", "très", "tuer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tiers, spelled T-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’une unité qui est subdivisée en trois parties égales ; résultat de la division par trois. 1/3.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne.
  3. 3
    Personne étrangère à une affaire.
  4. 4
    Troisième situation.
  5. 5
    Personne n’ayant été ni partie ni représentée à un acte juridique, tel qu'un contrat, qui n’est pas touchée par son effet obligatoire et peut tout au plus se le voir opposer.
  6. 6
    Le tiers état.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chacun d’eux semblait aussi long que le Strand et aussi large que Trafalgar Square. Certains même devaient avoir un tiers de mille de longueur.
  2. Les sociétaires soumis à l’assurance obligatoire auront à supporter deux tiers du montant des cotisations, l'autre tiers est à la charge du patron.

This word in other languages

third(English)tercero(Español)Drittel(Deutsch)terço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iters
  • teirs
  • tierrs
  • tierss
  • tiesr
  • tires
  • ttiers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tiers - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iters2teirs2tierrs1tierss1tiesr2tires2ttiers1
Edit distance from "tiers"

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 "tiers"?
"tiers" is spelled T-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tjɛʁ\.
What does "tiers" mean?
As a noun, "tiers" means: Partie d’une unité qui est subdivisée en trois parties égales ; résultat de la division par trois. 1/3.
What words are commonly confused with "tiers"?
"tiers" is commonly confused with "tir", "très", "tuer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiers" is \tjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiers" come from?
"tiers" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étape#1,647boîte#1,651reine#1,635héros#1,629

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

danse7 variantsbruit7 variantsmonter7 variantsvenez7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list