thin
\θɪn\
The verdict
“thin” is uncommon French (frequency #56,975 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,975
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mince.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thin · thin · French
thin · rank #56,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,975
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Thann
Nearest frequency peer: Thann (-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 « thin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tenture
tenture
43,029 corpus weight
- tet
tet
43,028 corpus weight
- Thann
Thann
43,027 corpus weight
- thin
thin
43,026 corpus weight
- Thiriez
Thiriez
43,025 corpus weight
- théophraste
théophraste
43,023 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « thin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \θɪn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
thin is uncommon French at frequency #56,975 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \θɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for thin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is thin, spelled T-H-I-N.
Definition
- 1Mince.
- 2Léger.
- 3Grêle (en parlant d’un voix).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You look very thin.
Your jacket is too thin for this winter weather.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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