tuerie

\ty.ʁi\

/\ty.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“tuerie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,690
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carnage ; massacre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tuerie · tuerie · French

tuerie · rank #12,690 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,690
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tremblay

Nearest frequency peer: Tremblay (-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 « tuerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tuerie » 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).

tuerie vs Turin
50% similar
tuerie vs tueuse
67% similar
tuerie vs tutoie
67% similar

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

Key facts for tuerie
PropertyValue
Headwordtuerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ty.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,690
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tuerie »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Tremblay » (#12,689), « tunnels » (#12,691), « vera » (#12,692). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tuerie » est au #12,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tuerie (IPA \ty.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,690 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tuerie, with forms such as "teurie", "ttuerie", and "tueire". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Turin", "tueuse", "tutoie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tuerie, spelled T-U-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carnage ; massacre.
  2. 2
    Pour dire qu’il y a une foule épaisse, une cohue terrible.
  3. 3
    Pour désigner une chose d’une grande qualité et procurant un immense plaisir (principalement dans le domaine de la musique, du jeu vidéo et de la cuisine).
  4. 4
    Action de mise à mort d'un animal.
  5. 5
    Prix de revient de cette opération.
  6. 6
    Abattoir.
  7. 7
    Abattoir à la ferme de moins de 10 000 volailles et lapins par an.
  8. 8
    Dans un abattoir, lieu de mise à mort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le personnage de Bajazet est glacé ; les mœurs des Turcs y sont mal observées, ils ne font point tant de façons pour se marier ; le dénoûment n’est point bien préparé ; on n’entre point dans les raisons de cette grande tuerie : il y a pourtant des choses agréables, mais rien de parfaitement beau, rien qui enlève, point de ces tirades de Corneille qui font…
  2. Je loue toutes ces coïncidences, je m’émerveille de cette tuerie perpignanaise, j’ai envie de rire.

This word in other languages

killing(English)matanza(Español)Gemetzel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • teurie
  • ttuerie
  • tueire
  • tuerei
  • tuerrie
  • tureie
  • uterie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tuerie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

teurie2ttuerie1tueire2tuerei2tuerrie1tureie2uterie2
Edit distance from "tuerie"

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 "tuerie"?
"tuerie" is spelled T-U-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ty.ʁi\.
What does "tuerie" mean?
As a noun, "tuerie" means: Carnage ; massacre.
What words are commonly confused with "tuerie"?
"tuerie" is commonly confused with "Turin", "tueuse", "tutoie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tuerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tuerie" is \ty.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tuerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wallon#12,694suivra#12,679Adrian#12,707animer#12,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tango7 variantsremix7 variantsrallye7 variantsbutin7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list