terrines
\tɛ.ʁin\
The verdict
“terrines” is uncommon French (frequency #76,172 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,172
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de terrine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-terrines · terrines · French
terrines · rank #76,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,172
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH teu
Nearest frequency peer: teu (+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 « terrines »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Taverny
Taverny
23,833 corpus weight
- taza
taza
23,832 corpus weight
- terrines
terrines
23,829 corpus weight
- teu
teu
23,828 corpus weight
- tifosi
tifosi
23,827 corpus weight
- tifs
tifs
23,826 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « terrines » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terrines |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ.ʁin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « terrines » en français
Rare enough to double-check
terrines is uncommon French at frequency #76,172 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛ.ʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de terrine.".
No misspelling variants are generated for terrines in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 terrines, spelled T-E-R-R-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de terrine.
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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