tissu

\ti.sy\

/\ti.sy\/ noun

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The verdict

“tissu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,195
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matériau constitué de fils entrelacés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tissu · tissu · French

tissu · rank #4,195 · 5 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,195
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH time

Nearest frequency peer: time (-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 « tissu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tissu » 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).

tissu vs tss
60% similar
tissu vs tissus
83% similar
tissu vs tirs
60% similar

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

Key facts for tissu
PropertyValue
Headwordtissu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.sy\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,195
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tissu »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « time » (#4,194), « trône » (#4,196), « terminée » (#4,193). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tissu » est au #4,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around tissu (IPA \ti.sy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,195 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tissu, with forms such as "itssu", "tisu", and "tisus". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tss", "tissus", "tirs", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tissu, spelled T-I-S-S-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matériau constitué de fils entrelacés.
  2. 2
    Enchevêtrement, fabrication.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de cellules différenciées ayant une structure et des fonctions identiques.
  4. 4
    Tissu aérien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La plupart des vêtements sont fabriqués à partir de tissus.
  2. Ce qu’il dit est un tissu de mensonges.

Synonyms

étoffetextile

This word in other languages

fabric(English)tejido(Español)Gewebe(Deutsch)estofo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itssu
  • tisu
  • tisus
  • tsisu
  • ttissu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tissu - 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.

itssu2tisu1tisus2tsisu2ttissu1
Edit distance from "tissu"

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 "tissu"?
"tissu" is spelled T-I-S-S-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.sy\.
What does "tissu" mean?
As a noun, "tissu" means: Matériau constitué de fils entrelacés.
What words are commonly confused with "tissu"?
"tissu" is commonly confused with "tss", "tissus", "tirs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tissu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tissu" is \ti.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tissu" come from?
"tissu" 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 "tissu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

trône#4,196tabac#4,191world#4,200amène#4,204

Similar misspelling depth

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

time5 variantshaha5 variantsfour5 variantsHugo5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list