tunes

\tyn\

/\tyn\/ noun

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The verdict

“tunes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,290
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tunes · tunes · French

tunes · rank #31,290 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,290
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH travailleuse

Nearest frequency peer: travailleuse (-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 « tunes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tunes » 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).

tunes vs tus
60% similar
tunes vs types
60% similar
tunes vs turcs
60% similar

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

Key facts for tunes
PropertyValue
Headwordtunes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tyn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,290
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tunes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tunesse 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 « travailleuse » (#31,289), « Turenne » (#31,291), « transgression » (#31,288). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tunes » est au #31,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tunes (IPA \tyn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,290 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tune.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tunes, with forms such as "tnues", "ttunes", and "tuens". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tus", "types", "turcs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tunes, spelled T-U-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans ce pays, pourvu qu’on aie assez de tunes pour s’acheter l’impunité, on peut, sans coup férir, acculer les petites gens au suicide, racketter les invalides, choséifier ou sous-hommiser les faibles, les traiter comme des serpillières ou des sextoys.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tnues
  • ttunes
  • tuens
  • tuness
  • tunnes
  • tunse
  • utnes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

tnues2ttunes1tuens2tuness1tunnes1tunse2utnes2
Edit distance from "tunes"

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 "tunes"?
"tunes" is spelled T-U-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tyn\.
What does "tunes" mean?
As a noun, "tunes" means: Pluriel de tune.
What words are commonly confused with "tunes"?
"tunes" is commonly confused with "tus", "types", "turcs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tunes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tunes" is \tyn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tunes" come from?
"tunes" 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 "tunes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abdou#31,322senna#31,254Sacem#31,247algue#31,338

Similar misspelling depth

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

Wallis7 variantsthés7 variantsacacia7 variantsallient7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list