tirons

\ti.ʁɔ̃\

/\ti.ʁɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“tirons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,068
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tirons · tirons · French

tirons · rank #38,068 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,068
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH teneurs

Nearest frequency peer: teneurs (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « tirons »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « tirons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

tirons vs tirs
67% similar
tirons vs tons
67% similar
tirons vs tron
67% similar

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

Key facts for tirons
PropertyValue
Headwordtirons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ti.ʁɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,068
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tirons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tironsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « teneurs » (#38,067), « toasts » (#38,069), « tempérer » (#38,066). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tirons » est au #38,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tirons (IPA \ti.ʁɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,068 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tirons, with forms such as "itrons", "tiorns", and "tirnos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tirs", "tons", "tron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tirons, spelled T-I-R-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tirer.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de tirer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tirons-nous quelque certitude De la plus rigoureuses étude ? Qui s’est jamais désentesté Des longs préjugez où nous sommes ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itrons
  • tiorns
  • tirnos
  • tironns
  • tironss
  • tirosn
  • tirrons
  • trions
  • ttirons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tirons - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

itrons2tiorns2tirnos2tironns1tironss1tirosn2tirrons1trions2
Edit distance from "tirons"

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 "tirons"?
"tirons" is spelled T-I-R-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "tirons" mean?
As a verb, "tirons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tirer.
What words are commonly confused with "tirons"?
"tirons" is commonly confused with "tirs", "tons", "tron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tirons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tirons" is \ti.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tirons" come from?
"tirons" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

toasts#38,069Taipei#38,064trouée#38,082éduque#38,114

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

trotter9 variantstuerait9 variantsrepenti9 variantsAngkor9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list