téraoctet
\te.ʁa.ɔk.tɛ\
The verdict
“téraoctet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 10¹² octets, et dont le symbole est To.
Corpus desk
Index FR-teraoctet · téraoctet · French
téraoctet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | téraoctet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.ʁa.ɔk.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « téraoctet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
téraoctet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.ʁa.ɔk.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 10¹² octets, et dont le symbole est To.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for téraoctet, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is téraoctet, spelled T-É-R-A-O-C-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 10¹² octets, et dont le symbole est To.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how téraoctet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour ce nouveau disque dur de trois téraoctets que j'ai acheté, je suis supposé dire « Hé, regarde ma nouvelle commande à trois tébioctets ! ». À l'oreille, ça sonne vraiment étrange. Au-delà de la confusion des nouveaux termes, un téraoctet m'a toujours semblé puissant et cool. Un tébioctet ? Je marche dessus sans m'arrêter.
Présent en Norvège depuis le mois d’août, il dissimulait quatre téraoctets de photos et de vidéos partiellement cryptées.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.