teuton

\tø.tɔ̃\

/\tø.tɔ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“teuton” is uncommon French (frequency #84,369 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,369
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Teutons ou à la Germanie médiévale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teuton · teuton · French

teuton · rank #84,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,369
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tempest

Nearest frequency peer: tempest (-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 « teuton »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for teuton
PropertyValue
Headwordteuton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tø.tɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#84,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « teuton » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.teutontombe 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: « tempest » (#84,368), « thalassothérapie » (#84,370), « Thames » (#84,371). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « teuton » est au #84,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

teuton is uncommon French at frequency #84,369 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tø.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for teuton, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is teuton, spelled T-E-U-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Teutons ou à la Germanie médiévale.
  2. 2
    Relatif à l’Allemagne, aux Allemands et à leur culture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Heureux, Parapine riposta dans le moindre délai au nom de l’Institut national et surpassa d’emblée ce fanfaron teuton en cultivant lui, Parapine, le même germe à l’état pur et dans le sperme d’un invalide de soixante et douze ans.
  2. La Libération. — […]. A Grandchamp, les Allemands ont fusillé deux habitants, MM. Canaux et Destremont. Nous saluons ces malheureuses victimes des criminels teutons.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teuton"?
"teuton" is spelled T-E-U-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tø.tɔ̃\.
What does "teuton" mean?
As an adjective, "teuton" means: Relatif aux Teutons ou à la Germanie médiévale.
How do you pronounce "teuton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teuton" is \tø.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list