Thalie

\ta.li\

/\ta.li\/ name

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The verdict

“Thalie” is uncommon French (frequency #77,986 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,986
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muse de la comédie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thalie · Thalie · French

Thalie · rank #77,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,986
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH thermaux

Nearest frequency peer: thermaux (+2 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 « Thalie »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Thalie
PropertyValue
HeadwordThalie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ta.li\
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,986
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Thalie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Thalietombe 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: « thermaux » (#77,988), « tenancière » (#77,983), « thermodynamiques » (#77,989). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Thalie » est au #77,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Thalie is uncommon French at frequency #77,986 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ta.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Thalie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Thalie, spelled T-H-A-L-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muse de la comédie.
  2. 2
    Une des trois Charites (Grâces), les autres étant Aglaé et Euphrosyne. Fille de Zeus et de l’Océanide Eurynomé ou de l’Heure Eunomie, elle préside aux célébrations festives et aux banquets riches et luxueux.
  3. 3
    Une des Néréides de la mythologie grecque.
  4. 4
    Nymphe, mère des Paliques.
  5. 5
    (23) Thalie, internationalement (23) Thalia, planète mineure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Voilà qui tombe on ne peut mieux, répondit le marquis, et pour les conditions il n’y aura point de difficulté ; vous fixerez vous-même la somme ; on ne marchande point avec Thalie, laquelle est une muse fort considérée d’Apollon, et aussi bien vue à la cour qu’à la ville et en province, où l’on n’est pas si Topinambou qu’on affecte de le croire à Paris. »
  2. Nérée et Doris aux beaux cheveux, cette fille du superbe fleuve Océan, engendrèrent dans la mer stérile les aimables nymphes Proto, Eucrate, Sao, Amphitrite, Eudore, Thétis, Galéné, Glaucé, Cymothoë, Spéio, Thoë, l’agréable Thalie, la gracieuse Mélite, Eulimène, Agavé, Pasythée, Erato, Eunice aux bras de rose, Doto, Ploto, Phéruse, Dynamène, Nésée, Actée,…

This word in other languages

Thalia(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 "Thalie"?
"Thalie" is spelled T-H-A-L-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.li\.
What does "Thalie" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thalie" means: Muse de la comédie.
How do you pronounce "Thalie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thalie" is \ta.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thalie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list