teigne
The verdict
“teigne” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #43,693 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,693
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Dermatose du cuir chevelu d'origine cryptogamique ^([1]). Elle engendre des écailles ou des croûtes plus ou moins épaisses et de l'alopécie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛɲ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teigne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for teigne is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,693 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for teigne, with forms such as "etigne", "tegine", and "teigen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "tige", "tigre", "teint", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is teigne, spelled T-E-I-G-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Dermatose du cuir chevelu d'origine cryptogamique ^([1]). Elle engendre des écailles ou des croûtes plus ou moins épaisses et de l'alopécie.
- 2Dermatose analogue, à laquelle sont sujets certains animaux comme le cheval, le chien, le chat, le bœuf, le mouton, le lapin, etc.
- 3Sorte de gale qui vient à l’écorce des arbres.
- 4Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des Tinéidés qui ronge la laine, les fourrures, etc. et que l’on nomme communément mite.
- 5Personne hargneuse, méchante.
- 6Nom vernaculaire de la cuscute.
- 7Nom vernaculaire des involucres des plantes du genre Arctium communément nommées bardanes, qui ont la particularité de s’accrocher aux poils des animaux ainsi qu'aux vêtements, selon les régions on les nommes : arrape-chien, chichou, gafarot, grapillon, etc.
- 8Détenteur d’un pouvoir monarchique au Baol, un ancien royaume du Sénégal.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etigne,tegine,teigen,teiggne,teignne,teinge,tiegne,tteigne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teigne — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "teigne"
Frequency rank: #43,693 in French
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Using “teigne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-I-G-N-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tige” — see the side-by-side comparison. teigne vs tige
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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