typhus

\ti.fys\

/\ti.fys\/ noun

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The verdict

“typhus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,317
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à diverses rickettsioses véhiculées par des arthropodes (poux, puces, acariens, …) et spécialement le typhus exanthématique,

Corpus desk

Index FR-typhus · typhus · French

typhus · rank #35,317 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,317
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH typographique

Nearest frequency peer: typographique (+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 « typhus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « typhus » 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).

typhus vs types
67% similar
typhus vs typhon
67% similar

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

Key facts for typhus
PropertyValue
Headwordtyphus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.fys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,317
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « typhus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).typhusse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « typographique » (#35,318), « troller » (#35,315), « UDC » (#35,319). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « typhus » est au #35,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around typhus (IPA \ti.fys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,317 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom donné à diverses rickettsioses véhiculées par des arthropodes (poux, puces, acariens, …) et spécialement le typhus exanthématique,".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for typhus, with forms such as "tpyhus", "ttyphus", and "tyhpus". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "types", "typhon", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is typhus, spelled T-Y-P-H-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à diverses rickettsioses véhiculées par des arthropodes (poux, puces, acariens, …) et spécialement le typhus exanthématique,

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour me défaire d’un horloger qui s’était attaché à moi, comme un typhus se jette sur un pays, je lui offris 300 francs pièce de plusieurs montres en or extrêmement plates et petites ; il me les laissa, et j’en pris pour mille écus.
  2. […] ; je n’en sais rien, mais les villages d’Alsace et de Lorraine, où nous avons apporté le typhus, s’en souviendront toujours : sur cent malades, dix ou douze au plus revenaient !

This word in other languages

typhus(English)tifus(Español)tifo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tpyhus
  • ttyphus
  • tyhpus
  • typhhus
  • typhsu
  • typhuss
  • typphus
  • typuhs
  • tyyphus
  • ytphus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

tpyhus2ttyphus1tyhpus2typhhus1typhsu2typhuss1typphus1typuhs2
Edit distance from "typhus"

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 "typhus"?
"typhus" is spelled T-Y-P-H-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.fys\.
What does "typhus" mean?
As a noun, "typhus" means: Nom donné à diverses rickettsioses véhiculées par des arthropodes (poux, puces, acariens, …) et spécialement le typhus exanthématique,
What words are commonly confused with "typhus"?
"typhus" is commonly confused with "types", "typhon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "typhus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "typhus" is \ti.fys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "typhus" come from?
"typhus" 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 "typhus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Tibère#35,307tertre#35,304yakuza#35,335stylet#35,295

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tierces10 variantszeppelin10 variantssouffres10 variantssoucoupe10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list