têtus

\te.ty\

/\te.ty\/ adj

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The verdict

“têtus” is uncommon French (frequency #50,562 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,562
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de têtu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tetus · têtus · French

têtus · rank #50,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,562
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tétine

Nearest frequency peer: tétine (-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 « têtus »

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 « têtus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for têtus
PropertyValue
Headwordtêtus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\te.ty\
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « têtus » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.têtustombe 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: « tétine » (#50,561), « understand » (#50,563), « ténébreuse » (#50,560). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « têtus » est au #50,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

têtus is uncommon French at frequency #50,562 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \te.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de têtu.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for têtus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 têtus, spelled T-Ê-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de têtu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how têtus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le reste n’est que bocages et fondrières où les Médoquins têtus ont ouvert de minuscules vignes et champs de maïs plantés en rizières.

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 "têtus"?
"têtus" is spelled T-Ê-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \te.ty\.
What does "têtus" mean?
As an adjective, "têtus" means: Masculin pluriel de têtu.
How do you pronounce "têtus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "têtus" is \te.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "têtus" come from?
"têtus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

twice#50,558tison#50,546Tiago#50,545worry#50,589

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list