tâtonnements
\ta.tɔn.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“tâtonnements” is uncommon French (frequency #68,715 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,715
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tâtonnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tatonnements · tâtonnements · French
tâtonnements · rank #68,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,715
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Tycho
Nearest frequency peer: Tycho (-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 « tâtonnements »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tuchel
Tuchel
31,289 corpus weight
- Tullius
Tullius
31,288 corpus weight
- Tycho
Tycho
31,287 corpus weight
- tâtonnements
tâtonnements
31,286 corpus weight
- Ubaye
Ubaye
31,285 corpus weight
- urbanité
urbanité
31,284 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tâtonnements » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tâtonnements |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.tɔn.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tâtonnements » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tâtonnements is uncommon French at frequency #68,715 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.tɔn.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de tâtonnement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tâtonnements in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 tâtonnements, spelled T-Â-T-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de tâtonnement.
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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