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
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 74, son symbole W appartenant à la série chimique des métaux de transition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tungstene · tungstène · French
tungstène · rank #42,100 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,100
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH troquer
Nearest frequency peer: troquer (-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 « tungstène »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- trimestriels
trimestriels
57,904 corpus weight
- triomphes
triomphes
57,903 corpus weight
- troquer
troquer
57,902 corpus weight
- tungstène
tungstène
57,901 corpus weight
- ubi
ubi
57,900 corpus weight
- UMR
UMR
57,899 corpus weight
What this shows « tungstène » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| 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) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tungstène »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around tungstène (IPA \tœ̃k.stɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,100 among 3,703 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tungstène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet âge obtenu d'abord par les isotopes du plomb a été confirmé récemment par l'étude de la composition isotopique du tungstène dans les roches terrestres comparées aux résultats des météorites.
Selon des informations de presse, les armes DIME [Dense Inert Metal Explosive] combinent un explosif, des particules de carbone et une poudre d'un alliage de métaux lourds et de tungstène.
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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