Tempus
\tɛm.pys\
The verdict
“Tempus” is uncommon French (frequency #58,980 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,980
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de TEMPUS.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tempus · Tempus · French
Tempus · rank #58,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,980
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tchatche
Nearest frequency peer: tchatche (-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 « Tempus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tantale
tantale
41,024 corpus weight
- Tbilissi
Tbilissi
41,023 corpus weight
- tchatche
tchatche
41,022 corpus weight
- Tempus
Tempus
41,021 corpus weight
- tevez
tevez
41,020 corpus weight
- throne
throne
41,018 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tempus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tempus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛm.pys\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tempus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tempus is uncommon French at frequency #58,980 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛm.pys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de TEMPUS.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tempus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Tempus, spelled T-E-M-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de TEMPUS.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tempus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, le programme Tempus semble se positionner comme un moyen de répondre aux nouvelles exigences du monde globalisé en s’adaptant aux particularités nationales pour en faire la valeur ajoutée des enseignements proposés.
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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