Tuileries

name

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"tuileries" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tuileries” is uncommon English (frequency #64,077 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,077
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.

Key facts for Tuileries
PropertyValue
HeadwordTuileries
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tuileries” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Tuileries lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tuileries is uncommon English at frequency #64,077 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Tuileries doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French Tuileries, from tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace. The correct English form is Tuileries, spelled T-U-I-L-E-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.
  2. 2
    A public park and garden built on the site of the former palace.

Etymology

From French Tuileries, from tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tuileries"?
"Tuileries" is spelled T-U-I-L-E-R-I-E-S.
What does "Tuileries" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tuileries" means: A palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.
What is the origin of the word "Tuileries"?
From French Tuileries, from tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Tuileries”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-U-I-L-E-R-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list