tuyaux

\tɥi.jo\

/\tɥi.jo\/ noun

The verdict

“tuyaux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,758
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tuyau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tuyaux · tuyaux · French

tuyaux · rank #9,758 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,758
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trip

Nearest frequency peer: trip (-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 « tuyaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tuyaux » 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).

tuyaux vs taux
67% similar
tuyaux vs tuyau
83% similar
tuyaux vs totaux
67% similar

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

Key facts for tuyaux
PropertyValue
Headwordtuyaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɥi.jo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,758
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tuyaux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tuyauxse 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 « trip » (#9,757), « tél » (#9,759), « tranquillité » (#9,756). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tuyaux » est au #9,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tuyaux (IPA \tɥi.jo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,758 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tuyau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tuyaux, with forms such as "ttuyaux", "tuayux", and "tuyauxx". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "taux", "tuyau", "totaux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tuyaux, spelled T-U-Y-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tuyau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et maintenant que les tuyaux sont pleins, que les cuves sont remplies à ras bord de vin rouge, ces commerçants avisés semblent être devenus beaucoup plus tatillons sur leurs achats.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ttuyaux
  • tuayux
  • tuyauxx
  • tuyaxu
  • tuyuax
  • tuyyaux
  • tyuaux
  • utyaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ttuyaux1tuayux2tuyauxx1tuyaxu2tuyuax2tuyyaux1tyuaux2utyaux2
Edit distance from "tuyaux"

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 "tuyaux"?
"tuyaux" is spelled T-U-Y-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \tɥi.jo\.
What does "tuyaux" mean?
As a noun, "tuyaux" means: Pluriel de tuyau.
What words are commonly confused with "tuyaux"?
"tuyaux" is commonly confused with "taux", "tuyau", "totaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tuyaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tuyaux" is \tɥi.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tuyaux" come from?
"tuyaux" 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 "tuyaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list