tiramisu
\ti.ʁa.mi.su\
The verdict
“tiramisu” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,916
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dessert à base de lait d’origine italienne, composé de café, mascarpone, sucre, œufs, boudoirs et de marsala, d’amaretto ou de kalhua, mais avec de nombreuses variantes possibles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tiramisu · tiramisu · French
tiramisu · rank #45,916 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,916
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH timon
Nearest frequency peer: timon (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tiramisu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tice
tice
54,088 corpus weight
- tigresse
tigresse
54,087 corpus weight
- timon
timon
54,086 corpus weight
- tiramisu
tiramisu
54,085 corpus weight
- Tokio
Tokio
54,083 corpus weight
- tolérées
tolérées
54,082 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tiramisu” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tiramisu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.ʁa.mi.su\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tiramisu” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around tiramisu (IPA \ti.ʁa.mi.su\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,916 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dessert à base de lait d’origine italienne, composé de café, mascarpone, sucre, œufs, boudoirs et de marsala, d’amaretto ou de kalhua, mais avec de nombreuses variantes possibles.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tiramisu, with forms such as "itramisu", "tiarmisu", and "tiraimsu". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tiramisu, spelled T-I-R-A-M-I-S-U.
Definition
- 1Dessert à base de lait d’origine italienne, composé de café, mascarpone, sucre, œufs, boudoirs et de marsala, d’amaretto ou de kalhua, mais avec de nombreuses variantes possibles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- itramisu
- tiarmisu
- tiraimsu
- tiramissu
- tiramius
- tirammisu
- tiramsiu
- tirmaisu
- tirramisu
- triamisu
- ttiramisu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tiramisu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tiramisu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.