tungstène
\tœ̃k.stɛn\
The verdict
“tungstène” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,100
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 74, son symbole W appartenant à la série chimique des métaux de transition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tungstène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tœ̃k.stɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tungstène” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around tungstène (IPA \tœ̃k.stɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,100 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for tungstène, with forms such as "tnugstène", "ttungstène", and "tugnstène". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tungstène, spelled T-U-N-G-S-T-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 74, son symbole W appartenant à la série chimique des métaux de transition.
- 2Corps simple de cet élément très dur, très pesant et très stable aux hautes températures.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tnugstène
- ttungstène
- tugnstène
- tunggstène
- tungsstène
- tungstene
- tungstnèe
- tungsttène
- tungstèen
- tungstènne
- tungsètne
- tungtsène
- tunngstène
- tunsgtène
- utngstène
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tungstène - 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.
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.
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Using “tungstène”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-U-N-G-S-T-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tœ̃k.stɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.