Thalassa

\ta.la.sa\

/\ta.la.sa\/ name

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The verdict

“Thalassa” is uncommon French (frequency #57,641 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,641
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déesse primordiale qui incarne la mer (peut-être plus spécifiquement la Méditerranée), fille d’Éther et d’Héméra (le Jour).

Corpus desk

Index FR-thalassa · Thalassa · French

Thalassa · rank #57,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,641
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH though

Nearest frequency peer: though (+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 « Thalassa »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Thalassa
PropertyValue
HeadwordThalassa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ta.la.sa\
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,641
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Thalassa » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Thalassatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « though » (#57,642), « tenancier » (#57,639), « tempéraments » (#57,638). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Thalassa » est au #57,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Thalassa is uncommon French at frequency #57,641 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ta.la.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Thalassa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Thalassa, spelled T-H-A-L-A-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déesse primordiale qui incarne la mer (peut-être plus spécifiquement la Méditerranée), fille d’Éther et d’Héméra (le Jour).
  2. 2
    Satellite naturel de la planète Neptune.

Synonyms

Neptune IVS/1989 N 5

This word in other languages

Thalassa(English)

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 "Thalassa"?
"Thalassa" is spelled T-H-A-L-A-S-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.la.sa\.
What does "Thalassa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thalassa" means: Déesse primordiale qui incarne la mer (peut-être plus spécifiquement la Méditerranée), fille d’Éther et d’Héméra (le Jour).
How do you pronounce "Thalassa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thalassa" is \ta.la.sa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thalassa" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list