Tutsis

\tut.si\

/\tut.si\/ name

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The verdict

“Tutsis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,242
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième groupe de population au Rwanda et au Burundi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tutsis · Tutsis · French

Tutsis · rank #44,242 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,242
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tutoie

Nearest frequency peer: tutoie (-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 « Tutsis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Tutsis » 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).

Tutsis vs tutti
50% similar
Tutsis vs Tunis
67% similar
Tutsis vs tutos
50% similar

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

Key facts for Tutsis
PropertyValue
HeadwordTutsis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tut.si\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,242
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tutsis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Tutsisse 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 « tutoie » (#44,241), « turtle » (#44,240), « vaillamment » (#44,244). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tutsis » est au #44,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Tutsis (IPA \tut.si\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,242 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième groupe de population au Rwanda et au Burundi.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tutsis, with forms such as "ttusis", "ttutsis", and "tustis". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "tutti", "Tunis", "tutos", and more, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Tutsis, spelled T-U-T-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième groupe de population au Rwanda et au Burundi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette citation montre le degré d’hostilité où en étaient arrivés les Tutsis et les Hutus au Rwanda. Les Belges essayèrent de tempérer cette situation explosive, sans y réussir cependant.
  2. Comme tout crime contre l’humanité, le génocide des Tutsis du Rwanda nous concerne.

This word in other languages

Tutsi(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ttusis
  • ttutsis
  • tustis
  • tutiss
  • tutsiss
  • tutssis
  • tuttsis
  • uttsis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tutsis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ttusis2ttutsis1tustis2tutiss2tutsiss1tutssis1tuttsis1uttsis2
Edit distance from "Tutsis"

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 "Tutsis"?
"Tutsis" is spelled T-U-T-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tut.si\.
What does "Tutsis" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tutsis" means: Deuxième groupe de population au Rwanda et au Burundi.
What words are commonly confused with "Tutsis"?
"Tutsis" is commonly confused with "tutti", "Tunis", "tutos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tutsis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tutsis" is \tut.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tutsis" come from?
"Tutsis" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tutsis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tutoie#44,241turtle#44,240Vanves#44,248vegans#44,251

Similar misspelling depth

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

Valmy8 variantstissés8 variantsterreux8 variantstenaille8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list