Thérouanne
The verdict
“Thérouanne” is uncommon French (frequency #94,338 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,338
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-therouanne · Thérouanne · French
Thérouanne · rank #94,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,338
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tini
Nearest frequency peer: tini (+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 « Thérouanne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- terrassée
terrassée
5,669 corpus weight
- terrent
terrent
5,668 corpus weight
- thrill
thrill
5,665 corpus weight
- Thérouanne
Thérouanne
5,663 corpus weight
- tini
tini
5,662 corpus weight
- tois
tois
5,661 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Thérouanne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thérouanne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Thérouanne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Thérouanne is uncommon French at frequency #94,338 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Thérouanne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Thérouanne, spelled T-H-É-R-O-U-A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
- 2Rivière de Seine-et-Marne, affluent de la Marne. Voir aussi Congis-sur-Thérouanne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Thérouanne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’où l’idée de s’installer là, près de l’Aa, à moins de 15 km de Thérouanne, qui, après avoir été la capitale de la tribu gauloise des Morins, est devenue le centre d’un diocèse aussi important que riche. Et sera rasée sur l’ordre de Charles Quint en 1553.
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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