tamoul
\ta.mul\
The verdict
“tamoul” is uncommon French (frequency #55,632 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,632
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue dravidienne du sud parlée en Inde, à Singapour et au Sri Lanka.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tamoul · tamoul · French
tamoul · rank #55,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,632
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tambouille
Nearest frequency peer: tambouille (-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 « tamoul »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- séropositif
séropositif
44,371 corpus weight
- tambouille
tambouille
44,370 corpus weight
- tamoul
tamoul
44,369 corpus weight
- tannerie
tannerie
44,368 corpus weight
- tanneries
tanneries
44,367 corpus weight
- tans
tans
44,366 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tamoul » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tamoul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.mul\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tamoul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tamoul is uncommon French at frequency #55,632 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.mul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tamoul in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tamoul, spelled T-A-M-O-U-L.
Definition
- 1Langue dravidienne du sud parlée en Inde, à Singapour et au Sri Lanka.
- 2Écriture utilisée pour cette langue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tamoul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’appelle Kumar. En tamoul, le mot veut dire « prince », mais de noble, il n’a que le nom.
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).