terrifier
\tɛ.ʁi.fje\
The verdict
“terrifier” is uncommon French (frequency #90,248 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,248
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper de terreur ; épouvanter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-terrifier · terrifier · French
terrifier · rank #90,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,248
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Ternay
Nearest frequency peer: Ternay (-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 « terrifier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tchatcher
tchatcher
9,756 corpus weight
- tengu
tengu
9,755 corpus weight
- Ternay
Ternay
9,754 corpus weight
- terrifier
terrifier
9,753 corpus weight
- Tikal
Tikal
9,751 corpus weight
- Timour
Timour
9,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « terrifier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terrifier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁi.fje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « terrifier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
terrifier is uncommon French at frequency #90,248 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tɛ.ʁi.fje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frapper de terreur ; épouvanter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for terrifier, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is terrifier, spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper de terreur ; épouvanter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how terrifier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et voilà qu’Eugène passait les soirées entières dans le salon jaune, écoutant religieusement ces grotesques que lui, Aristide, avait si impitoyablement raillés. Quand il sut, par les bavardages de la ville, que son frère donnait des poignées de main à Granoux et en recevait du marquis, il se demanda avec anxiété ce qu’il devait croire. Se serait-il trompé…
L’abbaye, dit-on, doit son origine à une comtesse Cuniga, une sorte de Barbe-Bleue en jupons, qui avait empoisonné ses sept maris et terrifiait toute la contrée par ses crimes.
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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