torse

/\tɔʁs\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,598

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

torse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie du corps humain qui s’étend depuis le cou jusqu’à la base du ventre. Pronounced \tɔʁs\. Often confused with tre and tsé.

Key facts for torse
PropertyValue
Headwordtorse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,598
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of torse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for torse is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔʁs\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,598 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for torse, with forms such as "otrse", "tores", and "torrse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is torse, spelled T-O-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie du corps humain qui s’étend depuis le cou jusqu’à la base du ventre.
  2. 2
    Tronc ou buste d’une personne vivante.
  3. 3
    Tronc, d’une statue ou corps sans tête et sans membres.
  4. 4
    Quelqu’un dont l’apparence physique prime les compétences.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otrse,tores,torrse,torsse,tosre,trose,ttorse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for torse

Misspelling Variants of "torse"

otrse5tores5torrse6torsse6tosre5trose5ttorse6
Misspelling Variants of "torse"

Frequency rank: #10,598 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "torse"?
"torse" is spelled T-O-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔʁs\.
What does "torse" mean?
As a noun, "torse" means: Partie du corps humain qui s’étend depuis le cou jusqu’à la base du ventre.
What words are commonly confused with "torse"?
"torse" is commonly confused with "tre", "tsé", "tos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "torse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "torse" is \tɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "torse" come from?
"torse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.