le tien
\lə tjɛ̃\
The verdict
“le tien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Possessif de la deuxième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à toi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-le-tien · le tien · French
le tien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | le tien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \lə tjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « le tien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
le tien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \lə tjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Possessif de la deuxième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à toi.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for le tien in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is le tien, spelled L-E- -T-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Possessif de la deuxième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à toi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how le tien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Drôle de dieu que le tien… Pourquoi, dans ce cas, avoir fait l’homme et la femme tels qu’ils sont ?
Je n’ai plus de stylo ; puis-je emprunter le tien, s’il te plaît ?
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.