teint

/\tɛ̃\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,628

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

teint is anFrenchadj. It means: Dont la couleur a été changée par teinture. Pronounced \tɛ̃\. It ranks #8,628 in French word frequency. Often confused with TNT and ten.

Key facts for teint
PropertyValue
Headwordteint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,628
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of teint in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for teint is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,628 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for teint, with forms such as "etint", "teinnt", and "teintt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TNT", "ten", "tin", 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 teint, spelled T-E-I-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont la couleur a été changée par teinture.
  2. 2
    Imprégné des conséquences d’un acte, ou d’une façon particulière de penser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etint,teinnt,teintt,teitn,tenit,tteint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for teint

Misspelling Variants of "teint"

etint5teinnt6teintt6teitn5tenit5tteint6
Misspelling Variants of "teint"

Frequency rank: #8,628 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teint"?
"teint" is spelled T-E-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ̃\.
What does "teint" mean?
As an adj, "teint" means: Dont la couleur a été changée par teinture.
What words are commonly confused with "teint"?
"teint" is commonly confused with "TNT", "ten", "tin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teint" is \tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teint" come from?
"teint" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.