tahini
The verdict
“tahini” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préparation culinaire orientale, sous forme de pâte lisse, obtenue à partir de graines de sésame moulues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tahini · tahini · French
tahini · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tahini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tahini is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préparation culinaire orientale, sous forme de pâte lisse, obtenue à partir de graines de sésame moulues.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tahini, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tahini, spelled T-A-H-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Préparation culinaire orientale, sous forme de pâte lisse, obtenue à partir de graines de sésame moulues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tahini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant la cuisson du chou-fleur, préparer la sauce au yaourt : délayer le tahini dans le yaourt, ajouter le jus du demi-citron et ajuster l’assaisonnement.’' — (journal 20 minutes, 8 juin 2022, page 12)
Ingrédients : 800 g de haricots verts frais, 50 g de purée de sésame (tahini), 1 citron, 1 gousse d’ail, 1 poignée de graines de sésame, Sel, poivre.
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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.