tanto
\tɑ̃n.to\
The verdict
“tanto” is uncommon French (frequency #67,156 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,156
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de tantō.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tanto · tanto · French
tanto · rank #67,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,156
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tanin
Nearest frequency peer: tanin (-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 « tanto »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tahitien
tahitien
32,849 corpus weight
- tanin
tanin
32,846 corpus weight
- tanto
tanto
32,845 corpus weight
- teaching
teaching
32,844 corpus weight
- tenon
tenon
32,843 corpus weight
- terminerait
terminerait
32,842 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tanto » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tanto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃n.to\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tanto » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tanto is uncommon French at frequency #67,156 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃n.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de tantō.".
tanto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tanto, spelled T-A-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de tantō.
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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