tigre

\tiɡʁ\

/\tiɡʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tigre” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,909
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de mammifère carnassier, le plus grand de la famille des félidés, au pelage généralement fauve, rayé de bandes noires transversales. La femelle est la tigresse, le petit le tigreau. Le tigre...

Corpus desk

Index FR-tigre · tigre · French

tigre · rank #7,909 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,909
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH territoriales

Nearest frequency peer: territoriales (-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 « tigre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tigre » 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).

tigre vs tir
60% similar
tigre vs tre
60% similar
tigre vs tiré
60% similar

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

Key facts for tigre
PropertyValue
Headwordtigre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tiɡʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,909
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tigre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tigrese 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 « territoriales » (#7,908), « toilette » (#7,910), « tasse » (#7,907). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tigre » est au #7,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around tigre (IPA \tiɡʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,909 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tigre, with forms such as "itgre", "tgire", and "tiggre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tir", "tre", "tiré", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tigre, spelled T-I-G-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de mammifère carnassier, le plus grand de la famille des félidés, au pelage généralement fauve, rayé de bandes noires transversales. La femelle est la tigresse, le petit le tigreau. Le tigre râle, rauque ou feule.
  2. 2
    Personne cruelle, dangereuse.
  3. 3
    Espèces d’insectes hémiptères, mouchetés, qui s’attaquent aux feuilles des arbres, et principalement des poiriers en espaliers. Celui du poirier est aussi appelé punaise tigre ou tigre du poirier. Celui du platane est le tigre du platane.
  4. 4
    Danseuse du corps de ballet, de rang supérieur au rat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant ce temps, Mathias s’est emparé d’un des nombreux instruments insolites qui décorent la scène : une lap steel guitar, qu’il caresse avec la douceur d’un tigre en rut et sous amphétamines.
  2. Le tigre chasse le plus souvent en solitaire, en embuscade dans une végétation épaisse, tandis que le lion chasse en groupes organisés, et plus souvent le jour.

This word in other languages

tiger(English)tigre(Español)Tiger(Deutsch)tigre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itgre
  • tgire
  • tiggre
  • tigrre
  • tirge
  • ttigre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

itgre2tgire2tiggre1tigrre1tirge2ttigre1
Edit distance from "tigre"

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 "tigre"?
"tigre" is spelled T-I-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tiɡʁ\.
What does "tigre" mean?
As a noun, "tigre" means: Espèce de mammifère carnassier, le plus grand de la famille des félidés, au pelage généralement fauve, rayé de bandes noires transversales. La femelle est la tigresse, le petit le tigreau. Le tigre...
What words are commonly confused with "tigre"?
"tigre" is commonly confused with "tir", "tre", "tiré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tigre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tigre" is \tiɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tigre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tasse#7,907sonde#7,902robes#7,895reçue#7,894

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ajout6 variantspubs6 variantsciné6 variantsHaïti6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list