tisser

\ti.se\

/\ti.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“tisser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,298
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire de la toile ou d’autres étoffes en croisant ou entrelaçant sur un métier les fils dont elles doivent être composées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tisser · tisser · French

tisser · rank #20,298 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,298
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH thérapeute

Nearest frequency peer: thérapeute (-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 « tisser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tisser » 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).

tisser vs tissu
67% similar
tisser vs tissus
67% similar
tisser vs tissés
67% similar

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

Key facts for tisser
PropertyValue
Headwordtisser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ti.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,298
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tisser »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « thérapeute » (#20,297), « titans » (#20,299), « thune » (#20,296). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tisser » est au #20,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tisser (IPA \ti.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,298 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tisser, with forms such as "itsser", "tiser", and "tisesr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tissu", "tissus", "tissés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tisser, spelled T-I-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire de la toile ou d’autres étoffes en croisant ou entrelaçant sur un métier les fils dont elles doivent être composées.
  2. 2
    Former un réseau, un voile dans un espace.
  3. 3
    Établir, créer des liens, des relations entre des personnes.
  4. 4
    Fabriquer, élaborer comme un tissu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les femmes, qui sont de taille moyenne et plutôt trapues, portent une robe en vadmel, sorte de flanelle tissée avec la laine qu'elles-mêmes ont cardée et filée.
  2. Cette industrie du drap est en effet l'une des plus complexes, et le nombre des opérations nécessaires pour transformer la laine brute en produit fini est très élevé. Il fallait trier la laine, la teindre, la mélanger, la carder, la filer, la tisser, dégraisser le tissu, le fouler, le lainer, le tondre, l'épinceter, et enfin lui donner de l'éclat en le pr…

This word in other languages

weave(English)tejer(Español)weben(Deutsch)urdir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itsser
  • tiser
  • tisesr
  • tisserr
  • tissre
  • tsiser
  • ttisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tisser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

itsser2tiser1tisesr2tisserr1tissre2tsiser2ttisser1
Edit distance from "tisser"

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 "tisser"?
"tisser" is spelled T-I-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.se\.
What does "tisser" mean?
As a verb, "tisser" means: Faire de la toile ou d’autres étoffes en croisant ou entrelaçant sur un métier les fils dont elles doivent être composées.
What words are commonly confused with "tisser"?
"tisser" is commonly confused with "tissu", "tissus", "tissés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tisser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tisser" is \ti.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tisser" come from?
"tisser" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

titans#20,299tendus#20,293tourna#20,304Taiwan#20,291

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

thune7 variantstampa7 variantsusant7 variantssemis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list