Teil
\taɪl\
The verdict
“Teil” is uncommon French (frequency #58,293 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,293
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Part, partie (élément abstrait d'un ensemble).
Corpus desk
Index FR-teil · Teil · French
Teil · rank #58,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,293
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH taxable
Nearest frequency peer: taxable (-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 « Teil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tanguay
Tanguay
41,711 corpus weight
- tanneurs
tanneurs
41,710 corpus weight
- taxable
taxable
41,709 corpus weight
- Teil
Teil
41,708 corpus weight
- thanh
thanh
41,706 corpus weight
- thirty
thirty
41,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Teil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taɪl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Teil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Teil is uncommon French at frequency #58,293 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \taɪl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Part, partie (élément abstrait d'un ensemble).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Teil, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Teil, spelled T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Part, partie (élément abstrait d'un ensemble).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Teil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der rechte Teil des Bildes ist dunkel.
Ich bahne mir einen Weg in den hinteren Teil meines Gewächshauses. Hier befindet sich mein persönlicher kleiner Orchideengarten. Die Pflanzen türmen sich auf Regalen, hängen in Töpfen von der Decke. Sie blühen verschwenderisch.
Synonyms
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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