Tallinn
\ta.lin\
The verdict
“Tallinn” is uncommon French (frequency #58,288 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,288
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Estonie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tallinn · Tallinn · French
Tallinn · rank #58,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,288
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH talentueuses
Nearest frequency peer: talentueuses (-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 « Tallinn »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- séquentielle
séquentielle
41,716 corpus weight
- sérigraphie
sérigraphie
41,715 corpus weight
- talentueuses
talentueuses
41,714 corpus weight
- Tallinn
Tallinn
41,713 corpus weight
- tamponne
tamponne
41,712 corpus weight
- Tanguay
Tanguay
41,711 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tallinn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tallinn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ta.lin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tallinn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tallinn is uncommon French at frequency #58,288 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ta.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tallinn, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Tallinn, spelled T-A-L-L-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Capitale de l’Estonie.
- 2Gouvernement estonien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tallinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un médecin de Tallinn, qui vient quand il peut, est bientôt un familier et un ami.
Selon Tallinn, ce n’est que depuis le début de la guerre en Ukraine, en février 2022, que Moscou a contesté l’emplacement des balises flottantes, qui sont utilisées pour empêcher les bateaux de s’égarer accidentellement dans des eaux étrangères.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Tallinn"?
What does "Tallinn" mean?
How do you pronounce "Tallinn"?
What language does "Tallinn" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tallinn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).