tire-fesses
\tiʁ.fɛs\
The verdict
“tire-fesses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de tire-fesse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tire-fesses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tiʁ.fɛs\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tire-fesses” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tire-fesses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tiʁ.fɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de tire-fesse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tire-fesses, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tire-fesses, spelled T-I-R-E---F-E-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de tire-fesse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tire-fesses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-I-R-E---F-E-S-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tiʁ.fɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.