tefillin
\tə.ˈfɪl.ɪn\
The verdict
“tefillin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tefilla.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tefillin · tefillin · French
tefillin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | tefillin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tə.ˈfɪl.ɪn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tefillin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tefillin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tə.ˈfɪl.ɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de tefilla.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tefillin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tefillin, spelled T-E-F-I-L-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de tefilla.
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.