tulipe

\ty.lip\

/\ty.lip\/ noun

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The verdict

“tulipe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,629
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des liliacées, à racine bulbeuse, à tige haute, qui porte une belle fleur et dont il existe un très grand nombre de variétés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tulipe · tulipe · French

tulipe · rank #36,629 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,629
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tte

Nearest frequency peer: tte (-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 « tulipe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tulipe » 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).

tulipe vs tulle
67% similar
tulipe vs tulipes
86% similar
tulipe vs tuile
67% similar

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

Key facts for tulipe
PropertyValue
Headwordtulipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ty.lip\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,629
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tulipe »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tte » (#36,628), « tulipes » (#36,630), « tumultueuse » (#36,631). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tulipe » est au #36,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tulipe (IPA \ty.lip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,629 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tulipe, with forms such as "tluipe", "ttulipe", and "tuilpe". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tulle", "tulipes", "tuile", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tulipe, spelled T-U-L-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante de la famille des liliacées, à racine bulbeuse, à tige haute, qui porte une belle fleur et dont il existe un très grand nombre de variétés.
  2. 2
    Fleur de cette plante.
  3. 3
    Verre à boire qui a la forme de cette fleur. Verre tulipe
  4. 4
    Sorte de petit globe que l’on adapte à une lampe, à une ampoule électrique.
  5. 5
    Sonde positionnée dans le col utérin, permettant la réalisation d’une hystérographie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On plante les tulipes depuis la mi-Octobre jusqu’à la fin de Novembre. Examinez bien vos oignons avant de planter ; ôtez ceux qui sont malades ; […].
  2. Une tulipe! s'écria le vieillard courroucé, une tulipe! ce symbole de l’orgueil et de la luxure qui ont engendré dans la malheureuse cité de Wittemberg la détestable hérésie de Luther et de Mélanchton!

This word in other languages

tulip(English)tulipán(Español)Tulpe(Deutsch)túlipa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tluipe
  • ttulipe
  • tuilpe
  • tuliep
  • tulippe
  • tullipe
  • tulpie
  • utlipe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

tluipe2ttulipe1tuilpe2tuliep2tulippe1tullipe1tulpie2utlipe2
Edit distance from "tulipe"

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 "tulipe"?
"tulipe" is spelled T-U-L-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ty.lip\.
What does "tulipe" mean?
As a noun, "tulipe" means: Plante de la famille des liliacées, à racine bulbeuse, à tige haute, qui porte une belle fleur et dont il existe un très grand nombre de variétés.
What words are commonly confused with "tulipe"?
"tulipe" is commonly confused with "tulle", "tulipes", "tuile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tulipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tulipe" is \ty.lip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tulipe" come from?
"tulipe" 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 "tulipe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Trajan#36,623Tobago#36,619ternir#36,616Vesoul#36,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list