tétine
\te.tin\
The verdict
“tétine” is uncommon French (frequency #50,561 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,561
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pis de la vache ou de la truie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tétine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.tin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tétine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tétine is uncommon French at frequency #50,561 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tétine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tétine, spelled T-É-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Pis de la vache ou de la truie.
- 2Embouchure, généralement en caoutchouc, s’adaptant à un biberon pour que l’enfant puisse téter ce qu’il contient.
- 3Petit objet doté d’une pièce en caoutchouc et servant de succédané de biberon afin d’occuper un petit enfant.
- 4Composant qui alimente un tube cathodique.
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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Using “tétine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-É-T-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \te.tin\ (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.