tangos
\tɑ̃.ɡɔ\
The verdict
“tangos” is uncommon French (frequency #79,792 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,792
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tango.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tangos · tangos · French
tangos · rank #79,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,792
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tangentes
Nearest frequency peer: tangentes (-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 « tangos »
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 « tangos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tangos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.ɡɔ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tangos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tangos is uncommon French at frequency #79,792 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.ɡɔ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de tango.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tangos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tangos, spelled T-A-N-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de tango.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tangos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait, paraît-il, rue des Martyrs à Montmartre, un accordéoniste d’origine roumaine, qui jouait à merveille des tangos argentins et des valses musette, dans un cabaret à la mode, fréquenté par des artistes.
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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