teils
\taɪ̯ls\
The verdict
“teils” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En partie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-teils · teils · French
teils · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | teils |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \taɪ̯ls\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
teils is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \taɪ̯ls\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for teils in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is teils, spelled T-E-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1En partie.
- 2teils ... teils ...: en partie ..., en partie, exprime que les deux aspects s’appliquent simultanément.
- 3teils - teils: Exprime, en réponse à une question, qu'il existe à la fois des aspects négatifs et positifs..
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how teils appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Wochenende soll es in mehreren Teilen Österreichs teils bis in tiefe Lagen schneien. Das geht aus einer Presseaussendung des unabhängigen Wetterdiensts Ubimet mit Sitz in Wien hervor.
Die vier kleinen Diebe standen teils herum, teils lehnten sie am Bett oder an der Lade; alle waren sie rotznasig und schmutzig, fühlten sich indessen recht wohl und kauten ohne ein Wort zu sagen, den Fremden aber mit verschlossener und mißtrauischer Miene betrachtend, an ihren Pflaumen.
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.