ténia
\te.nja\
The verdict
“ténia” is uncommon French (frequency #79,827 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,827
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ver solitaire ; long ver plat (plathelminthe) parasite de l’intestin de l’homme ou d’autres mammifères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tenia · ténia · French
ténia · rank #79,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,827
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tumultes
Nearest frequency peer: tumultes (-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 « ténia »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tuamotu
Tuamotu
20,177 corpus weight
- tuber
tuber
20,176 corpus weight
- tumultes
tumultes
20,175 corpus weight
- ténia
ténia
20,174 corpus weight
- ultramarins
ultramarins
20,172 corpus weight
- urbanistiqu…
urbanistiques
20,171 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ténia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ténia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.nja\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ténia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ténia is uncommon French at frequency #79,827 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.nja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ténia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ténia, spelled T-É-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Ver solitaire ; long ver plat (plathelminthe) parasite de l’intestin de l’homme ou d’autres mammifères.
- 2Parasite.
- 3Dans les temples doriques, filet séparant la frise (triglyphes et métopes), de l'architrave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ténia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce ténia paraît mériter le nom de tenia agama, car il est sans organes sexuels visibles.
À l’état adulte, les ténias sont des parasites des intestins (une espèce parasitant les ruminants, toutefois, Stilesia hepatica, se loge dans les canaux biliaires). Ils présentent une tête, appelée scolex, qui se fixe à la paroi des intestins par des ventouses et parfois des crochets. La partie arrière du scolex, rétrécie (le « cou ») donne naissance à de…
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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