tangentes
\tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t\
The verdict
“tangentes” is uncommon French (frequency #79,791 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,791
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de tangent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tangentes · tangentes · French
tangentes · rank #79,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,791
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tangos
Nearest frequency peer: tangos (+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 « tangentes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tally
tally
20,213 corpus weight
- tamazight
tamazight
20,212 corpus weight
- tangentes
tangentes
20,210 corpus weight
- tangos
tangos
20,209 corpus weight
- tapisser
tapisser
20,208 corpus weight
- TDM
TDM
20,207 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tangentes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tangentes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tangentes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tangentes is uncommon French at frequency #79,791 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de tangent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tangentes, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 tangentes, spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de tangent.
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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