timide

\ti.mid\

/\ti.mid\/ adj

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The verdict

“timide” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,666
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est craintif, qui manque de hardiesse, d’assurance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-timide · timide · French

timide · rank #6,666 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,666
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH ticket

Nearest frequency peer: ticket (-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 « timide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « timide » 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).

timide vs timing
67% similar
timide vs Tirade
50% similar
timide vs timides
86% similar

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

Key facts for timide
PropertyValue
Headwordtimide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ti.mid\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,666
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « timide »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).timidese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ticket » (#6,665), « touchant » (#6,667), « Thaïlande » (#6,664). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « timide » est au #6,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around timide (IPA \ti.mid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,666 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for timide, with forms such as "itmide", "tiimde", and "timdie". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "timing", "Tirade", "timides", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is timide, spelled T-I-M-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est craintif, qui manque de hardiesse, d’assurance.
  2. 2
    Qui manque d’énergie, de souffle, en parlant des ouvrages artistiques.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les choses où se manifeste un manque d’assurance ou de hardiesse.
  4. 4
    Qui est excessivement prudent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne savais pas que, même avec son fils, mon père était timide, et que souvent, après avoir longtemps attendu de moi quelques témoignages d’affection que sa froideur apparente semblait m’interdire, il me quittait les yeux mouillés de larmes, et se plaignait à d’autres de ce que je ne l’aimais pas.
  2. De tout cet ensemble d’idées, il résultait qu’en dansant avec Lucien, sans le regarder et sans s’écarter du sérieux le plus convenable, madame de Chasteller était fort occupée de lui. Bientôt elle s’aperçut qu’il était timide jusqu’à la gaucherie.

Synonyms

discretpudibondréservétimoré

Antonyms

courageuxentreprenanthardisûr

This word in other languages

shy(English)tímido(Español)bang(Deutsch)tímido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itmide
  • tiimde
  • timdie
  • timidde
  • timied
  • timmide
  • tmiide
  • ttimide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

itmide2tiimde2timdie2timidde1timied2timmide1tmiide2ttimide1
Edit distance from "timide"

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 "timide"?
"timide" is spelled T-I-M-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.mid\.
What does "timide" mean?
As an adjective, "timide" means: Qui est craintif, qui manque de hardiesse, d’assurance.
What words are commonly confused with "timide"?
"timide" is commonly confused with "timing", "Tirade", "timides". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "timide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "timide" is \ti.mid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "timide" come from?
"timide" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ticket#6,665sienne#6,660résolu#6,655Andrew#6,678

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

arrêtée8 variantsblocs8 variantspressé8 variantsports8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list