tuque
\tyk\
The verdict
“tuque” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,631
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tente ou abri qu’on élevait quelquefois à l’avant, plus souvent à l’arrière, sur la dunette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tuque · tuque · French
tuque · rank #32,631 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,631
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH trépied
Nearest frequency peer: trépied (-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 « tuque »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- truie
truie
67,373 corpus weight
- truites
truites
67,372 corpus weight
- trépied
trépied
67,371 corpus weight
- tuque
tuque
67,370 corpus weight
- téléchargea…
téléchargeable
67,369 corpus weight
- Velay
Velay
67,367 corpus weight
What this shows « tuque » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tyk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tuque »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tuque (IPA \tyk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,631 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tuque, with forms such as "tquue", "ttuque", and "tuqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tutu", "turque", "Turquie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tuque, spelled T-U-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tente ou abri qu’on élevait quelquefois à l’avant, plus souvent à l’arrière, sur la dunette.
- 2Colline, morne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tuque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa Majesté fait très expresses défenses […] de rien changer aux soutes du fond de cale, ni d'élever aucune tuque de charpente sur les dunettes.
Pour éviter le plus possible les rivières et les marais, et après avoir examiné le contour de la région qui s’étalait à nos yeux, je dirigeai l’expédition par le nord-nord-est, vers une tuque rocheuse distante de 6 kilomètres.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tquue
- ttuque
- tuqeu
- tuqque
- tuuqe
- utque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tuque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tuque", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).