tuyau

\tɥi.jo\

/\tɥi.jo\/ noun

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The verdict

“tuyau” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,630
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tube ou conduit souple ou rigide, de fer, de plomb, de fer-blanc, de terre cuite, de matière plastique, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tuyau · tuyau · French

tuyau · rank #8,630 · 6 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,630
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH touchée

Nearest frequency peer: touchée (-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 « tuyau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tuyau » 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).

tuyau vs tuyaux
83% similar
tuyau vs tua
60% similar
tuyau vs tau
60% similar

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

Key facts for tuyau
PropertyValue
Headwordtuyau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɥi.jo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,630
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tuyau »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tuyause place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « touchée » (#8,629), « user » (#8,631), « teint » (#8,628). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tuyau » est au #8,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around tuyau (IPA \tɥi.jo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,630 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tuyau, with forms such as "ttuyau", "tuayu", and "tuyua". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tuyaux", "tua", "tau", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tuyau, spelled T-U-Y-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tube ou conduit souple ou rigide, de fer, de plomb, de fer-blanc, de terre cuite, de matière plastique, etc.
  2. 2
    Partie creuse du chaume de graminée.
  3. 3
    Bout creux de la plume des oiseaux, de la tige de leur plume.
  4. 4
    Conduit auditif.
  5. 5
    Renseignement donné aux parieurs sur le gagnant probable.
  6. 6
    Gros pli cylindrique qu’on fait à du linge, à une garniture de dentelle, de tulle ou de mousseline.
  7. 7
    Toute sorte de renseignement qu’on dit venir de personnes bien informées.
  8. 8
    Pénis, sexe de l’homme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La bouche d’incendie est terminée par un pas de vis destiné à recevoir, soit un chapeau couvert , soit la virole du tuyau de cuir qui alimente les pompes à incendie.
  2. Pour le lavage, il y a à l’extrémité supérieure de la cuve une tuyauterie d’arrosage composée d’un tuyau principal et d’un ensemble de tuyaux embranchés perforés, […].

Synonyms

goulicherigolerobinet

This word in other languages

hose(English)tubo(Español)Schlauch(Deutsch)mangueira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ttuyau
  • tuayu
  • tuyua
  • tuyyau
  • tyuau
  • utyau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tuyau - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ttuyau1tuayu2tuyua2tuyyau1tyuau2utyau2
Edit distance from "tuyau"

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 "tuyau"?
"tuyau" is spelled T-U-Y-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tɥi.jo\.
What does "tuyau" mean?
As a noun, "tuyau" means: Tube ou conduit souple ou rigide, de fer, de plomb, de fer-blanc, de terre cuite, de matière plastique, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "tuyau"?
"tuyau" is commonly confused with "tuyaux", "tua", "tau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tuyau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tuyau" is \tɥi.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tuyau" come from?
"tuyau" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

teint#8,628vital#8,636vogue#8,637sexes#8,619

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ratio6 variantsatout6 variantsbrad6 variantspaulo6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list