tempérance
\tɑ̃.pe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“tempérance” is uncommon French (frequency #50,540 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,540
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de tempérer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-temperance · tempérance · French
tempérance · rank #50,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,540
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tentures
Nearest frequency peer: tentures (+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 « tempérance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- TCE
TCE
49,464 corpus weight
- teints
teints
49,463 corpus weight
- tempérance
tempérance
49,461 corpus weight
- tentures
tentures
49,460 corpus weight
- terrifiantes
terrifiantes
49,459 corpus weight
- testeurs
testeurs
49,458 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tempérance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tempérance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.pe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tempérance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tempérance is uncommon French at frequency #50,540 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.pe.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
tempérance has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 tempérance, spelled T-E-M-P-É-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Fait de tempérer.
- 2Vertu qui modère les passions et les désirs.
- 3Modération dans la consommation d’aliments et de boissons alcoolisées ; sobriété.
- 4Quatorzième atout du tarot de Marseille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tempérance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La tempérance est l’inverse de l’excès.
Le texte exact de Platon est : « Dans l'ordre des vertus, la sagesse est la première; la tempérance vient ensuite; le courage occupe la dernière place. »
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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