tiques

\tik\

/\tik\/ noun

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The verdict

“tiques” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,205
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tiques · tiques · French

tiques · rank #26,205 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,205
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tint

Nearest frequency peer: tint (-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 « tiques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tiques » 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).

tiques vs tués
50% similar
tiques vs tirés
50% similar
tiques vs titus
67% similar

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

Key facts for tiques
PropertyValue
Headwordtiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tik\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,205
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tiques »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tiquesse 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 « tint » (#26,204), « torride » (#26,206), « Tier » (#26,203). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tiques » est au #26,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tiques (IPA \tik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,205 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tiques, with forms such as "itques", "tiqeus", and "tiqques". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tués", "tirés", "titus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tiques, spelled T-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Heureusement toutes les tiques ne sont pas vectrices de piroplasmes, cependant le risque est très important dans le sud et le sud-ouest de la France.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itques
  • tiqeus
  • tiqques
  • tiquess
  • tiquse
  • tiuqes
  • tqiues
  • ttiques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

itques2tiqeus2tiqques1tiquess1tiquse2tiuqes2tqiues2ttiques1
Edit distance from "tiques"

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 "tiques"?
"tiques" is spelled T-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tik\.
What does "tiques" mean?
As a noun, "tiques" means: Pluriel de tique.
What words are commonly confused with "tiques"?
"tiques" is commonly confused with "tués", "tirés", "titus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiques" is \tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiques" come from?
"tiques" 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 "tiques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

thrace#26,202truffe#26,212sueurs#26,196soudés#26,190

Similar misspelling depth

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

torride8 variantsTrent8 variantssunnite8 variantsAgatha8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list