tourbières

\tuʁ.bjɛʁ\

/\tuʁ.bjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“tourbières” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,704
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tourbière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tourbieres · tourbières · French

tourbières · rank #43,704 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,704
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tourbillons

Nearest frequency peer: tourbillons (-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 « tourbières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tourbières » 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 tourbières
PropertyValue
Headwordtourbières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tuʁ.bjɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,704
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tourbières »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tourbièresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tourbillons » (#43,703), « touffes » (#43,702), « trimballer » (#43,706). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tourbières » est au #43,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around tourbières (IPA \tuʁ.bjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,704 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tourbière.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for tourbières, with forms such as "oturbières", "torubières", and "toubrières". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tourbières, spelled T-O-U-R-B-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tourbière.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturbières
  • torubières
  • toubrières
  • tourbbières
  • tourbieres
  • tourbirèes
  • tourbièers
  • tourbièress
  • tourbièrres
  • tourbièrse
  • tourbèires
  • touribères
  • tourrbières
  • ttourbières
  • tuorbières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tourbières - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oturbières2torubières2toubrières2tourbbières1tourbieres1tourbirèes2tourbièers2tourbièress1
Edit distance from "tourbières"

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 "tourbières"?
"tourbières" is spelled T-O-U-R-B-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ.bjɛʁ\.
What does "tourbières" mean?
As a noun, "tourbières" means: Pluriel de tourbière.
What are common misspellings of "tourbières"?
Common misspellings include "oturbières", "torubières", "toubrières", "tourbbières", "tourbieres". The correct spelling is "tourbières".
How do you pronounce "tourbières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tourbières" is \tuʁ.bjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tourbières" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tourbières", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list