terrassier
\tɛ.ʁa.sje\
The verdict
“terrassier” is uncommon French (frequency #93,310 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,310
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rapporte aux travaux de terrassement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-terrassier · terrassier · French
terrassier · rank #93,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,310
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tense
Nearest frequency peer: tense (-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 « terrassier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- teenager
teenager
6,695 corpus weight
- tells
tells
6,694 corpus weight
- tens
tens
6,693 corpus weight
- tense
tense
6,692 corpus weight
- terrassier
terrassier
6,691 corpus weight
- thermiqueme…
thermiquement
6,685 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « terrassier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terrassier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁa.sje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « terrassier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
terrassier is uncommon French at frequency #93,310 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɛ.ʁa.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se rapporte aux travaux de terrassement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for terrassier, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists 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 terrassier, spelled T-E-R-R-A-S-S-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Qui se rapporte aux travaux de terrassement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how terrassier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon père nous expliqua que cet ouvrage singulier avait été commencé par les deux bouts, mais que les équipes terrassières, après une longue et sinueuse flânerie souterraine, ne s’étaient rencontrées que par hasard.
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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