teinturier
\tɛ̃.ty.ʁje\
The verdict
“teinturier” is uncommon French (frequency #54,291 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,291
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui exerce l’art de teindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-teinturier · teinturier · French
teinturier · rank #54,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,291
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH tchadienne
Nearest frequency peer: tchadienne (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “teinturier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sélectivité
sélectivité
45,714 corpus weight
- sémiologie
sémiologie
45,713 corpus weight
- tapais
tapais
45,712 corpus weight
- tchadienne
tchadienne
45,711 corpus weight
- teinturier
teinturier
45,710 corpus weight
- thousand
thousand
45,707 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “teinturier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teinturier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ̃.ty.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teinturier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
teinturier is uncommon French at frequency #54,291 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛ̃.ty.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for teinturier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is teinturier, spelled T-E-I-N-T-U-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui exerce l’art de teindre.
- 2Personne qui exerce dans un pressing.
- 3Personne anonyme qui rédige, ou modifie substantiellement, un livre qui sera publié au nom d’une autre.
Synonyms
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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