tributaire

\tʁi.by.tɛʁ\

/\tʁi.by.tɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“tributaire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,381
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui paie tribut ; il se dit principalement d’un État qui paie tribut à un autre État, à un prince, sous la domination ou sous la protection duquel il se trouve.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tributaire · tributaire · French

tributaire · rank #28,381 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,381
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH travailla

Nearest frequency peer: travailla (-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 « tributaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tributaire » 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).

tributaire vs tributaires
91% similar

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

Key facts for tributaire
PropertyValue
Headwordtributaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁi.by.tɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,381
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tributaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tributairese 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 « travailla » (#28,380), « triptyque » (#28,382), « tracking » (#28,379). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tributaire » est au #28,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around tributaire (IPA \tʁi.by.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,381 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for tributaire, with forms such as "rtibutaire", "tirbutaire", and "trbiutaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tributaires", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tributaire, spelled T-R-I-B-U-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui paie tribut ; il se dit principalement d’un État qui paie tribut à un autre État, à un prince, sous la domination ou sous la protection duquel il se trouve.
  2. 2
    Qui est dépendant de, qui participe à.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les affluents d’un fleuve ou d’un plan d’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À l’égard des deux autres sources de divergence, nous dirons que nous avons compris, dans l’Asie russe, tous les peuples vassaux, tributaires, et même ceux qui sont entièrement indépendants, dès qu’ils vivent sur le territoire que les Russes regardent comme leur appartenant.
  2. Selon lui, la principauté de Cochin était tributaire, vassale du royaume de Mysore ; en conséquence aucune portion du territoire n'en pouvait être légalement aliénée, sans le consentement du souverain de ce dernier pays.

This word in other languages

tributary(English)tributario(Español)tributário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtibutaire
  • tirbutaire
  • trbiutaire
  • tribbutaire
  • tribtuaire
  • tribuatire
  • tributaier
  • tributairre
  • tributarie
  • tributiare
  • tributtaire
  • triubtaire
  • trributaire
  • ttributaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtibutaire2tirbutaire2trbiutaire2tribbutaire1tribtuaire2tribuatire2tributaier2tributairre1
Edit distance from "tributaire"

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 "tributaire"?
"tributaire" is spelled T-R-I-B-U-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.by.tɛʁ\.
What does "tributaire" mean?
As an adjective, "tributaire" means: Qui paie tribut ; il se dit principalement d’un État qui paie tribut à un autre État, à un prince, sous la domination ou sous la protection duquel il se trouve.
What words are commonly confused with "tributaire"?
"tributaire" is commonly confused with "tributaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tributaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tributaire" is \tʁi.by.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tributaire" come from?
"tributaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

trouvèrent#28,384théoricien#28,375supportait#28,366superposés#28,365

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

triptyque14 variantstoulousaine14 variantsTelegraph14 variantsspécifier14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list