Thibault

\ti.bo\

/\ti.bo\/ name

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The verdict

“Thibault” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,683
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patronyme français assez répandu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thibault · Thibault · French

Thibault · rank #12,683 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,683
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH toc

Nearest frequency peer: toc (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Thibault »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Thibault » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Thibault vs Thibaut
88% similar
Thibault vs Thibaud
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Thibault
PropertyValue
HeadwordThibault
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ti.bo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,683
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Thibault »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Thibaultse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « toc » (#12,684), « tango » (#12,681), « tournure » (#12,685). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Thibault » est au #12,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Thibault (IPA \ti.bo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,683 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Patronyme français assez répandu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thibault, with forms such as "htibault", "thbiault", and "thhibault". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Thibaut", "Thibaud", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Thibault, spelled T-H-I-B-A-U-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Patronyme français assez répandu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est-y-beau ? C'est-y beau ? C'est-y-beau ? C'est-y beau ? C'est-y-beau ? C'est-y beau ? Ma'm Thibault !
  2. Le 5 avril 2020 était une journée tout à fait normale pour Émilie Thibault, jusqu’au moment où elle a sauvé une vie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htibault
  • thbiault
  • thhibault
  • thiabult
  • thibalut
  • thibaullt
  • thibaultt
  • thibautl
  • thibbault
  • thibualt
  • tihbault
  • tthibault

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thibault - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

htibault2thbiault2thhibault1thiabult2thibalut2thibaullt1thibaultt1thibautl2
Edit distance from "Thibault"

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 "Thibault"?
"Thibault" is spelled T-H-I-B-A-U-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.bo\.
What does "Thibault" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thibault" means: Patronyme français assez répandu.
What words are commonly confused with "Thibault"?
"Thibault" is commonly confused with "Thibaut", "Thibaud". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Thibault"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thibault" is \ti.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thibault" come from?
"Thibault" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list