tir
\tiʁ\
The verdict
“tir” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,969 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,969
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action, art de tirer, de faire partir une arme de jet ou une arme à feu dans une direction déterminée.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #2,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tir” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tir is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,969 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tir, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "TV", "Tl", 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tir, spelled T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Action, art de tirer, de faire partir une arme de jet ou une arme à feu dans une direction déterminée.
- 2Mise à feu d’une ou plusieurs charges d’explosif, soit pour abattre la roche, soit pour provoquer, dans le sous-sol, la propagation d’un train d’ondes élastiques.
- 3Manière dont on tire, en parlant des armes à feu.
- 4Lieu où l’on s’exerce à tirer.
- 5Sorte d’attraction foraine où l’on tire à l’arme à feu sur des cibles.
- 6Coup consistant à lancer violemment sa boule contre une boule adverse afin de l’écarter du but.
- 7Action de frapper le ballon ou la balle pour l’expédier en direction du but adverse.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “tir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tu” - see the side-by-side comparison. tir vs tu
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.