tankiste
\tɑ̃.kist\
The verdict
“tankiste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat qui conduit ou est conduit dans un char ou tank en anglais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tankiste · tankiste · French
tankiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tankiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.kist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tankiste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tankiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.kist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soldat qui conduit ou est conduit dans un char ou tank en anglais.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tankiste, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tankiste, spelled T-A-N-K-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Soldat qui conduit ou est conduit dans un char ou tank en anglais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tankiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] de nombreuses unités blindées d'avant-garde étaient stoppées sur les routes, faute de combustible : […]. Les appels radio des tankistes réclamant de l’essence se faisaient entendre sans cesse.
Du haut de sa tourelle un tankiste fait signe de la main : « On ne passe pas. »
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.