torse
\tɔʁs\
The verdict
“torse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,598
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie du corps humain qui s’étend depuis le cou jusqu’à la base du ventre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torse · torse · French
torse · rank #10,598 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,598
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH temples
Nearest frequency peer: temples (-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 « torse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sévèrement
sévèrement
89,406 corpus weight
- Tee
Tee
89,405 corpus weight
- temples
temples
89,404 corpus weight
- torse
torse
89,403 corpus weight
- traitent
traitent
89,402 corpus weight
- traumatisme
traumatisme
89,401 corpus weight
What this shows « torse » 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 | torse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « torse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around torse (IPA \tɔʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,598 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 torse, with forms such as "otrse", "tores", and "torrse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tre", "tsé", "tos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is torse, spelled T-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Partie du corps humain qui s’étend depuis le cou jusqu’à la base du ventre.
- 2Tronc ou buste d’une personne vivante.
- 3Tronc, d’une statue ou corps sans tête et sans membres.
- 4Quelqu’un dont l’apparence physique prime les compétences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how torse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait une cravache à la main, des houseaux aux jambes ; une jaquette courte faisait saillir son torse vigoureux.
Les femmes, très coquettes, revêtent en général le costume traditionnel ; la petite veste très serrée moulant le torse et les bras, passe dans la ceinture d'une culotte flottante.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otrse
- tores
- torrse
- torsse
- tosre
- trose
- ttorse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of torse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).