terrifie

\tɛ.ʁi.fi\

/\tɛ.ʁi.fi\/ verb

The verdict

“terrifie” is uncommon French (frequency #54,953 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,953
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-terrifie · terrifie · French

terrifie · rank #54,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,953
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tenterons

Nearest frequency peer: tenterons (-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 « terrifie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « terrifie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for terrifie
PropertyValue
Headwordterrifie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɛ.ʁi.fi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « terrifie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).terrifietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tenterons » (#54,952), « terrorisés » (#54,954), « tenions » (#54,951). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « terrifie » est au #54,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

terrifie is uncommon French at frequency #54,953 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɛ.ʁi.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for terrifie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is terrifie, spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de terrifier.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de terrifier.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de terrifier.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terrifie"?
"terrifie" is spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ʁi.fi\.
What does "terrifie" mean?
As a verb, "terrifie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.
How do you pronounce "terrifie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terrifie" is \tɛ.ʁi.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terrifie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "terrifie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list