TCE
\te.se.ə\
The verdict
“TCE” is uncommon French (frequency #50,537 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,537
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout corps d’état, tous corps d’état.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tce · TCE · French
TCE · rank #50,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,537
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Tarentaise
Nearest frequency peer: Tarentaise (-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 « TCE »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sénatorial
sénatorial
49,467 corpus weight
- taguer
taguer
49,466 corpus weight
- Tarentaise
Tarentaise
49,465 corpus weight
- TCE
TCE
49,464 corpus weight
- teints
teints
49,463 corpus weight
- tempérance
tempérance
49,461 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « TCE » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | TCE |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \te.se.ə\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « TCE » en français
Rare enough to double-check
TCE is uncommon French at frequency #50,537 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \te.se.ə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
TCE has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is TCE, spelled T-C-E.
Definition
- 1Tout corps d’état, tous corps d’état.
- 2Tenue correcte exigée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how TCE appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le maître d’œuvre fournit, en plus de son dossier APD, les mesures d’organisation générale du chantier correspondant à chaque séquence de réalisation : phasage/planning TCE (tous corps d’état), contraintes de site, mesures retenues pour la sécurité du public, méthodes de réalisation des ouvrages, etc.
Pour rentrer, c'est TCE (Tenue Correcte Exigée).
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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