Tannen
\ˈtanən\
The verdict
“Tannen” is uncommon French (frequency #99,688 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,688
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accusatif pluriel de Tanne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tannen · Tannen · French
Tannen · rank #99,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,688
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH tany
Nearest frequency peer: tany (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tannen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sécularisé
sécularisé
315 corpus weight
- Tannen
Tannen
313 corpus weight
- tany
tany
312 corpus weight
- taquinerie
taquinerie
311 corpus weight
- Tardenois
Tardenois
310 corpus weight
- tarifé
tarifé
309 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tannen” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tannen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈtanən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tannen” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tannen is uncommon French at frequency #99,688 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtanən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tannen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Tannen, spelled T-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Accusatif pluriel de Tanne.
- 2Datif pluriel de Tanne.
- 3Datif pluriel de Tann.
- 4Génitif pluriel de Tanne.
- 5Nominatif pluriel de Tanne.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tannen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.