tonnerre
\tɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“tonnerre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,401 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,401
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit de la foudre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonnerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tonnerre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tonnerre is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔ.nɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,401 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tonnerre, with forms such as "otnnerre", "tnonerre", and "tonenrre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tonnerre, spelled T-O-N-N-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bruit de la foudre.
- 2La foudre elle-même.
- 3Manifestation bruyante, grondement.
- 4Endroit du canon d’un fusil, d’un pistolet où se met la charge et où se produit l’explosion au moment du tir.
- 5Personne méprisable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otnnerre,tnonerre,tonenrre,tonerre,tonnere,tonnerer,tonnrere,ttonnerre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tonnerre - 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.
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.
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Using “tonnerre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-N-N-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɔ.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.