teinter
\tɛ̃.te\
The verdict
“teinter” is uncommon French (frequency #86,235 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,235
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvrir d’une teinte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-teinter · teinter · French
teinter · rank #86,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,235
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tassent
Nearest frequency peer: tassent (-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 « teinter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tampax
tampax
13,769 corpus weight
- tapera
tapera
13,768 corpus weight
- tassent
tassent
13,767 corpus weight
- teinter
teinter
13,766 corpus weight
- telenovelas
telenovelas
13,765 corpus weight
- tentatrice
tentatrice
13,763 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « teinter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teinter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɛ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « teinter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
teinter is uncommon French at frequency #86,235 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɛ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
teinter has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is teinter, spelled T-E-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Couvrir d’une teinte.
- 2Donner une couleur par addition de pigment dans la masse.
- 3Modifier, altérer.
- 4Modifier un métal par l’action d’une « teinture » ou par des opérations de mélange/traitement (dont l’alliage), afin d’en changer la couleur ou les qualités.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how teinter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Teinter de rouge, de jaune, etc., certaines parties d’un plan.
Teinter un béton, du papier, etc.
This word in other languages
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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