tir

\tiʁ\

/\tiʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tir” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,969) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,969
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action, art de tirer, de faire partir une arme de jet ou une arme à feu dans une direction déterminée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tir · tir · French

tir · rank #2,969 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,969
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tests

Nearest frequency peer: tests (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « tir »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « tir » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

tir vs tu
33% similar
tir vs TV
0% similar
tir vs Tl
0% similar

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

Key facts for tir
PropertyValue
Headwordtir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tiʁ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « tir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tirse 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 « tests » (#2,968), « tonnes » (#2,970), « termine » (#2,967). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tir » est au #2,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tir is neighbouring look-alikes ("tu", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \tiʁ\. Frequency #2,969 among 3,703 “T” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  1. 1
    Action, art de tirer, de faire partir une arme de jet ou une arme à feu dans une direction déterminée.
  2. 2
    Mise 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.
  3. 3
    Manière dont on tire, en parlant des armes à feu.
  4. 4
    Lieu où l’on s’exerce à tirer.
  5. 5
    Sorte d’attraction foraine où l’on tire à l’arme à feu sur des cibles.
  6. 6
    Coup consistant à lancer violemment sa boule contre une boule adverse afin de l’écarter du but.
  7. 7
    Action de frapper le ballon ou la balle pour l’expédier en direction du but adverse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tir à la cible. — La théorie, la pratique du tir.
  2. Tir juste. — Tir précis. — La justesse du tir.

Synonyms

lancer

This word in other languages

firing(English)disparo(Español)Abschuss(Deutsch)tiroteio(Português)

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 "tir"?
"tir" is spelled T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tiʁ\.
What does "tir" mean?
As a noun, "tir" means: Action, art de tirer, de faire partir une arme de jet ou une arme à feu dans une direction déterminée.
What words are commonly confused with "tir"?
"tir" is commonly confused with "tu", "TV", "Tl". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tir" is \tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tir" come from?
"tir" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bio#2,984ira#2,932lot#3,017pur#3,034

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list