tamisé
\ta.mi.ze\
The verdict
“tamisé” is uncommon French (frequency #95,382 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,382
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muni d’un tamis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tamise · tamisé · French
tamisé · rank #95,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,382
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tardes
Nearest frequency peer: tardes (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tamisé”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tadeusz
Tadeusz
4,626 corpus weight
- taisait
taisait
4,624 corpus weight
- talkies
talkies
4,622 corpus weight
- tamisé
tamisé
4,619 corpus weight
- tardes
tardes
4,618 corpus weight
- Tarnais
Tarnais
4,617 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tamisé” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tamisé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ta.mi.ze\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “tamisé” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
tamisé is uncommon French at frequency #95,382 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ta.mi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tamisé in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tamisé, spelled T-A-M-I-S-É.
Definition
- 1Muni d’un tamis.
- 2Dont l’éclat est voilé, dont on voile l’éclat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tamisé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’entrais dans la pièce, admirais les moulures des hauts murs d’un rose pâle, exceptionnellement colorés par le lampadaire à la lumière rose-orangée qui diffusait son atmosphère tamisée tout autour de nous.
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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