thau

\tʰau˦\

/\tʰau˦\/ noun

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The verdict

“thau” is uncommon French (frequency #60,430 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,430
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laiton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thau · thau · French

thau · rank #60,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,430
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH testons

Nearest frequency peer: testons (-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 « thau »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for thau
PropertyValue
Headwordthau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʰau˦\
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « thau » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).thautombe 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: « testons » (#60,429), « tight » (#60,431), « testamentaires » (#60,428). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « thau » est au #60,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thau is uncommon French at frequency #60,430 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʰau˦\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for thau, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is thau, spelled T-H-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Laiton.
  2. 2
    Cuvette (originellement en laiton).
  3. 3
    À couleur de laiton; d’un jaune brun.
  4. 4
    Vidanger; curer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. thau rửa mặt

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 "thau"?
"thau" is spelled T-H-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tʰau˦\.
What does "thau" mean?
As a noun, "thau" means: Laiton.
How do you pronounce "thau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thau" is \tʰau˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thau" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

teri#60,427suif#60,403vala#60,459waou#60,475

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list