torpeur
\tɔʁ.pœʁ\
The verdict
“torpeur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,782
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engourdissement, somnolence, ralentissement des fonctions vitales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torpeur · torpeur · French
torpeur · rank #34,782 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,782
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tomberont
Nearest frequency peer: tomberont (-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 « torpeur »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- timeline
timeline
65,222 corpus weight
- tiny
tiny
65,221 corpus weight
- tomberont
tomberont
65,220 corpus weight
- torpeur
torpeur
65,219 corpus weight
- torturée
torturée
65,218 corpus weight
- totalitaires
totalitaires
65,217 corpus weight
What this shows « torpeur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torpeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.pœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « torpeur »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around torpeur (IPA \tɔʁ.pœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,782 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for torpeur, with forms such as "otrpeur", "topreur", and "torepur". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "trompeur", "tourneur", "tireur", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is torpeur, spelled T-O-R-P-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Engourdissement, somnolence, ralentissement des fonctions vitales.
- 2Engourdissement des facultés de l’esprit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how torpeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce malade est dans la torpeur.
Il voulait se reposer et se recueillir. A l'activité qui s'était emparée de lui tout à coup avait succédé une sorte de torpeur morale et physique. C'est un effet assez ordinaire du surmenage et des émotions répétées.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otrpeur
- topreur
- torepur
- torperu
- torpeurr
- torppeur
- torpuer
- torrpeur
- tropeur
- ttorpeur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of torpeur - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "torpeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).