terrifie
\tɛ.ʁi.fi\
The verdict
“terrifie” is an uncommon French word, ranked #54,953 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #54,953
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terrifie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁi.fi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terrifie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for terrifie is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ.ʁi.fi\. Corpus data places it at rank #54,953 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de terrifier.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de terrifier.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de terrifier.
- 5Deuxième 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.
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Using “terrifie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-E-R-R-I-F-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ.ʁi.fi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.