tirelire

/\tiʁ.liʁ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,332

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

tirelire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit récipient de céramique, de bois, de métal, etc., dans lequel on introduit par une fente des pièces de monnaie pour les mettre en réserve. Pronounced \tiʁ.liʁ\. Often confused with timeline.

Key facts for tirelire
PropertyValue
Headwordtirelire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tiʁ.liʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,332
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tirelire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tirelire is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tiʁ.liʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,332 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tirelire, with forms such as "itrelire", "tierlire", and "tireilre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "timeline", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tirelire, spelled T-I-R-E-L-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit récipient de céramique, de bois, de métal, etc., dans lequel on introduit par une fente des pièces de monnaie pour les mettre en réserve.
  2. 2
    Tête.
  3. 3
    Tête.
  4. 4
    Vagin.
  5. 5
    Prison.
  6. 6
    Chant de l’alouette (et d’autres oiseaux). ]

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itrelire,tierlire,tireilre,tirelier,tirelirre,tirellire,tirelrie,tirleire,tirrelire,trielire,ttirelire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tirelire

Misspelling Variants of "tirelire"

itrelire8tierlire8tireilre8tirelier8tirelirre9tirellire9tirelrie8tirleire8
Misspelling Variants of "tirelire"

Frequency rank: #34,332 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tirelire"?
"tirelire" is spelled T-I-R-E-L-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tiʁ.liʁ\.
What does "tirelire" mean?
As a noun, "tirelire" means: Petit récipient de céramique, de bois, de métal, etc., dans lequel on introduit par une fente des pièces de monnaie pour les mettre en réserve.
What words are commonly confused with "tirelire"?
"tirelire" is commonly confused with "timeline". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tirelire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tirelire" is \tiʁ.liʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tirelire" come from?
"tirelire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.