tamarin

\ta.ma.ʁɛ̃\

/\ta.ma.ʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“tamarin” is uncommon French (frequency #77,979 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,979
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit du tamarinier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tamarin · tamarin · French

tamarin · rank #77,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,979
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH TAAF

Nearest frequency peer: TAAF (-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 « tamarin »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tamarin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tamarin
PropertyValue
Headwordtamarin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.ma.ʁɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tamarin » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tamarintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « TAAF » (#77,978), « sévissant » (#77,977), « ségrégationniste » (#77,976). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tamarin » est au #77,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tamarin is uncommon French at frequency #77,979 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.ma.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for tamarin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tamarin, spelled T-A-M-A-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit du tamarinier.
  2. 2
    Le tamarinier lui-même.
  3. 3
    Variante de tamaris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tamarin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je mêle à ces souvenirs d’Alexandrie d’autres souvenirs, relatifs à mon séjour au Caire : […] un certain marchand ambulant de la ville indigène, homme maigre à barbiche grisonnante et turban, qui versait le sirop de tamarin en un long jet, tenant son récipient très haut et loin du verre, avec une élégance inimitable.
  2. Les confitures traditionnelles à base de fruits du Vietnam sont multicolores, comme les confitures de chair de coco, de kiwi, de dates, de groseilles étoilées, de tamarin, de gingembre, d’ananas ou d’orange.

This word in other languages

tamarind(English)tamarindo(Español)Tamarinde(Deutsch)

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 "tamarin"?
"tamarin" is spelled T-A-M-A-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.ma.ʁɛ̃\.
What does "tamarin" mean?
As a noun, "tamarin" means: Fruit du tamarinier.
How do you pronounce "tamarin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tamarin" is \ta.ma.ʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tamarin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tamarin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Thirion#77,991stetson#77,957sourira#77,946tropico#78,012

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list