tee-shirt
\ti.ʃœʁt\
The verdict
“tee-shirt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de T-shirt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tee-shirt · tee-shirt · French
tee-shirt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | tee-shirt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.ʃœʁt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tee-shirt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tee-shirt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ʃœʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de T-shirt.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tee-shirt in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tee-shirt, spelled T-E-E---S-H-I-R-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de T-shirt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tee-shirt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En tête du cortège, qui a parcouru les rues de Saint-Céré, un bourg du Lot situé non loin du village de Tauriac, où vivait la famille Vayrac, ses amies de l’école d’aides-soignantes de Brive arboraient un tee-shirt demandant « Justice pour Justine ».
En général, le jeune coq habite une achélème, circule en moto (en 4x4 dans Urgence), porte tee-shirt, santiags et perfecto.
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.