catins
\ka.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“catins” is uncommon French (frequency #76,408 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,408
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de catin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-catins · catins · French
catins · rank #76,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,408
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cataclysmes
Nearest frequency peer: cataclysmes (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « catins »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- casale
casale
23,596 corpus weight
- cataclysmes
cataclysmes
23,594 corpus weight
- catins
catins
23,593 corpus weight
- cement
cement
23,592 corpus weight
- centrisme
centrisme
23,591 corpus weight
- certif
certif
23,590 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « catins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « catins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
catins is uncommon French at frequency #76,408 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de catin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for catins, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is catins, spelled C-A-T-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de catin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how catins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh certes, il aurait tout abandonné dans la seconde à Dieu, sans l’ombre d'une hésitation, mais certainement pas aux hommes censés le représenter ; afin qu’ils pètent dans la soie, entretiennent sur un grand pied leurs catins ou damoiseaux, ou dilapident son argent en mangeries et en beuveries ?
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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