tonnerre

\tɔ.nɛʁ\

/\tɔ.nɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tonnerre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,401
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bruit de la foudre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tonnerre · tonnerre · French

tonnerre · rank #9,401 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,401
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tomates

Nearest frequency peer: tomates (-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 « tonnerre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tonnerre » 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
Key facts for tonnerre
PropertyValue
Headwordtonnerre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.nɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,401
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tonnerre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tonnerrese 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 « tomates » (#9,400), « tirant » (#9,399), « trouveras » (#9,403). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tonnerre » est au #9,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tonnerre (IPA \tɔ.nɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,401 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Bruit de la foudre.
  2. 2
    La foudre elle-même.
  3. 3
    Manifestation bruyante, grondement.
  4. 4
    Endroit du canon d’un fusil, d’un pistolet où se met la charge et où se produit l’explosion au moment du tir.
  5. 5
    Personne méprisable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est possible que les coups de tonnerre se produisent en raison du roulement du vent dans les cavités des nuages, comme c’est le cas dans nos viscères, […].
  2. Bientôt les roulements d’un tonnerre lointain, se prolongeant dans ces bois aussi vieux que le monde, en firent sortir des bruits sublimes.

This word in other languages

thunder(English)trueno(Español)Donner(Deutsch)trovão(Português)

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.

otnnerre2tnonerre2tonenrre2tonerre1tonnere1tonnerer2tonnrere2ttonnerre1
Edit distance from "tonnerre"

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 "tonnerre"?
"tonnerre" is spelled T-O-N-N-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.nɛʁ\.
What does "tonnerre" mean?
As a noun, "tonnerre" means: Bruit de la foudre.
What are common misspellings of "tonnerre"?
Common misspellings include "otnnerre", "tnonerre", "tonenrre", "tonerre", "tonnere". The correct spelling is "tonnerre".
How do you pronounce "tonnerre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tonnerre" is \tɔ.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tonnerre" come from?
"tonnerre" 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 "tonnerre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

urbaines#9,408voltaire#9,412végétaux#9,413réservés#9,388

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

tumeur8 variantstaureau8 variantssouche8 variantsaimable8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list