thier
\tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“thier” is uncommon French (frequency #97,481 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,481
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Colline, tertre ou hauteur ^([1]).
Corpus desk
Index FR-thier · thier · French
thier · rank #97,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,481
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Théobald
Nearest frequency peer: Théobald (+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 « thier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- terras
terras
2,524 corpus weight
- terrils
terrils
2,523 corpus weight
- thier
thier
2,520 corpus weight
- Théobald
Théobald
2,518 corpus weight
- théosophie
théosophie
2,517 corpus weight
- tilapia
tilapia
2,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « thier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
thier is uncommon French at frequency #97,481 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
thier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is thier, spelled T-H-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Colline, tertre ou hauteur ^([1]).
- 2Versant d'une colline, côte ou chemin escarpé en Wallonie ^([2]).
- 3Partie du nom donné à de très nombreux lieux-dits en Wallonie.
- 4Terme de houiller : galerie supérieure d’un charbonnage ou tête de la couche, en amont (la galerie inférieure étant dénommée avallée an aval).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’abbé de Saint-Hubert et la Commune convinrent avec Thomas de Hemricourt que celui-ci (…) creuserait un fossé entre cette [xhavée] et le thier de façon à ce que les eaux ne détériorent plus la route.
Le Thier d’Olne, colline en procédure de classement à Hermalle-sous-Huy (province de Liège).
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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