Thema
\ˈteː.ma\
The verdict
“Thema” is uncommon French (frequency #71,962 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,962
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujet, thème.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thema · Thema · French
Thema · rank #71,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,962
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH texter
Nearest frequency peer: texter (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Thema”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tei
tei
28,044 corpus weight
- Tertullien
Tertullien
28,041 corpus weight
- texter
texter
28,040 corpus weight
- Thema
Thema
28,039 corpus weight
- Thoiry
Thoiry
28,038 corpus weight
- thraces
thraces
28,037 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Thema” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thema |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈteː.ma\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Thema” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
Thema is uncommon French at frequency #71,962 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈteː.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sujet, thème.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Thema, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Thema, spelled T-H-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Sujet, thème.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Thema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Themen der nächsten Sitzung müssen wir vorbereiten.
Nach Angaben des nordrhein-westfälischen Unternehmens wurde die Ehefrau des Altkanzlers mehrfach darauf hingewiesen, sich als Vertreterin nicht zu politisch sensiblen Themen zu äußern – insbesondere dem russischen Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine.
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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.
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