Tanis
The verdict
“Tanis” is uncommon French (frequency #68,691 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,691
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française du département de la Manche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tanis · Tanis · French
Tanis · rank #68,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,691
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tangage
Nearest frequency peer: tangage (-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 « Tanis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sécessionni…
sécessionnistes
31,313 corpus weight
- tachetée
tachetée
31,312 corpus weight
- tangage
tangage
31,311 corpus weight
- Tanis
Tanis
31,310 corpus weight
- tannage
tannage
31,309 corpus weight
- teigneux
teigneux
31,307 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tanis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tanis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tanis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tanis is uncommon French at frequency #68,691 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française du département de la Manche.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tanis, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Tanis, spelled T-A-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française du département de la Manche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tanis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était visible qu’aucune des percées stratégiques commandées par le décret n’avait été faite dans les halliers et dans les enclos de Tanis et d’Herbe-en-Pail. Était-ce le châtiment ? Était-il arrivé un ordre à l’avant-garde qui occupait la métairie ? Cette avant-garde ne faisait-elle pas partie d’une de ces colonnes d’expédition surnommées colonnes infe…
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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