thompson

/\tɔmp.sɔn\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,268

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

thompson is aFrenchnoun. It means: Langue amérindienne de la famille salish parlée au Canada. Pronounced \tɔmp.sɔn\. Often confused with Thomson.

Key facts for thompson
PropertyValue
Headwordthompson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔmp.sɔn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,268
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of thompson in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for thompson is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔmp.sɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,268 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Langue amérindienne de la famille salish parlée au Canada.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for thompson, with forms such as "htompson", "thhompson", and "thmopson". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Thomson", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is thompson, spelled T-H-O-M-P-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue amérindienne de la famille salish parlée au Canada.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htompson,thhompson,thmopson,thommpson,thomposn,thomppson,thompsno,thompsonn,thompsson,thomspon,thopmson,tohmpson,tthompson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for thompson

Misspelling Variants of "thompson"

htompson8thhompson9thmopson8thommpson9thomposn8thomppson9thompsno8thompsonn9
Misspelling Variants of "thompson"

Frequency rank: #12,268 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thompson"?
"thompson" is spelled T-H-O-M-P-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔmp.sɔn\.
What does "thompson" mean?
As a noun, "thompson" means: Langue amérindienne de la famille salish parlée au Canada.
What words are commonly confused with "thompson"?
"thompson" is commonly confused with "Thomson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "thompson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thompson" is \tɔmp.sɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thompson" come from?
"thompson" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.