tisse

\tis\

/\tis\/ verb

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The verdict

“tisse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,917
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tisse · tisse · French

tisse · rank #33,917 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,917
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tirade

Nearest frequency peer: Tirade (-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 « tisse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tisse » 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).

tisse vs tsé
40% similar
tisse vs tss
60% similar
tisse vs titre
60% similar

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

Key facts for tisse
PropertyValue
Headwordtisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tis\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,917
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tisse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tissese 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 « Tirade » (#33,916), « titiller » (#33,918), « Thauvin » (#33,915). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tisse » est au #33,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around tisse (IPA \tis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,917 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tisse, with forms such as "itsse", "tise", and "tises". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tsé", "tss", "titre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tisse, spelled T-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tisser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tisser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe tisser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe tisser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’impératif du verbe tisser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si « Hitler, le Juif et le Troisième Homme », de Fernand Rohman, n’est pas à proprement parler un livre de cinéma, il tisse un tel réseau de références qu’il pourra être utilement lu en complément du récent « Hitler, un film d’Allemagne », de Syberberg, tellement cette gigantesque fresque (6 heures de projection) s’avère complexe et ardue à décryptographi…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itsse
  • tise
  • tises
  • tsise
  • ttisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tisse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

itsse2tise1tises2tsise2ttisse1
Edit distance from "tisse"

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 "tisse"?
"tisse" is spelled T-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tis\.
What does "tisse" mean?
As a verb, "tisse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe tisser.
What words are commonly confused with "tisse"?
"tisse" is commonly confused with "tsé", "tss", "titre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tisse" is \tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tisse" come from?
"tisse" 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 "tisse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Torcy#33,921teams#33,911vains#33,932shiny#33,896

Similar misspelling depth

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

tuba5 variantsricci5 variantspinto5 variantsomet5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list