3rd
\ˈθɝd\
The verdict
“3rd” is uncommon French (frequency #57,719 among 13 “3” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,719
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- “3” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de l’adjectif third. 3ᵉ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-3rd · 3rd · French
3rd · rank #57,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,719
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 13
- PHOTO-FINISH Abkhazie
Nearest frequency peer: Abkhazie (+2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « 3rd »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- équatorial
équatorial
42,287 corpus weight
- œnologie
œnologie
42,286 corpus weight
- 3rd
3rd
42,282 corpus weight
- Abkhazie
Abkhazie
42,280 corpus weight
- abolitionni…
abolitionniste
42,279 corpus weight
- Abyssinie
Abyssinie
42,278 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « 3rd » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 3rd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈθɝd\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « 3rd » en français
Rare enough to double-check
3rd is uncommon French at frequency #57,719 among 13 “3” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈθɝd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de l’adjectif third. 3ᵉ.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for 3rd, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is 3rd, spelled 3-R-D.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de l’adjectif third. 3ᵉ.
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.
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