tourmenter

\tuʁ.mɑ̃.te\

/\tuʁ.mɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“tourmenter” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,661
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire souffrir quelque tourment de corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tourmenter · tourmenter · French

tourmenter · rank #42,661 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,661
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH toulonnais

Nearest frequency peer: toulonnais (-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 « tourmenter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tourmenter » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tourmenter vs tourments
80% similar
tourmenter vs tourment
80% similar
tourmenter vs tourmenté
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tourmenter
PropertyValue
Headwordtourmenter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tuʁ.mɑ̃.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,661
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tourmenter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tourmenterse 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 « toulonnais » (#42,660), « trafiquer » (#42,662), « toucha » (#42,659). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tourmenter » est au #42,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around tourmenter (IPA \tuʁ.mɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,661 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for tourmenter, with forms such as "oturmenter", "torumenter", and "toumrenter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tourments", "tourment", "tourmenté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tourmenter, spelled T-O-U-R-M-E-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire souffrir quelque tourment de corps.
  2. 2
    Faire souffrir des douleurs causées par la maladie, par une opération chirurgicale ou par quelque moindre accident.
  3. 3
    Donner de la peine, des tracas, du souci.
  4. 4
    Importuner beaucoup ; harceler.
  5. 5
    Remuer quelque chose de façon désordonnée, fourrager.
  6. 6
    S’inquiéter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On l’a si horriblement tourmenté qu’il en est mort.
  2. Au bout de ses bras un peu grêles se tourmentaient deux mains déliées, mais rouges, comme il convient à des mains de jeune fille.

Synonyms

tarauderpréoccuperchicoterinquiéterharceler

This word in other languages

torment(English)martern(Deutsch)atormentar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturmenter
  • torumenter
  • toumrenter
  • touremnter
  • tourmenetr
  • tourmennter
  • tourmenterr
  • tourmentre
  • tourmentter
  • tourmetner
  • tourmmenter
  • tourmneter
  • tourrmenter
  • ttourmenter
  • tuormenter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tourmenter - 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.

oturmenter2torumenter2toumrenter2touremnter2tourmenetr2tourmennter1tourmenterr1tourmentre2
Edit distance from "tourmenter"

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 "tourmenter"?
"tourmenter" is spelled T-O-U-R-M-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ.mɑ̃.te\.
What does "tourmenter" mean?
As a verb, "tourmenter" means: Faire souffrir quelque tourment de corps.
What words are commonly confused with "tourmenter"?
"tourmenter" is commonly confused with "tourments", "tourment", "tourmenté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tourmenter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tourmenter" is \tuʁ.mɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tourmenter" come from?
"tourmenter" 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 "tourmenter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

toulonnais#42,660urgentiste#42,669sérotonine#42,642virulentes#42,681

Similar misspelling depth

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

tombèrent15 variantsspiritisme15 variantsabstiennent15 variantsanthracite15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list