threat
\θrɛt\
The verdict
“threat” is uncommon French (frequency #72,790 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,790
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-threat · threat · French
threat · rank #72,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,790
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH thief
Nearest frequency peer: thief (-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 « threat »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- temer
temer
27,214 corpus weight
- terrer
terrer
27,213 corpus weight
- thief
thief
27,212 corpus weight
- threat
threat
27,211 corpus weight
- thymus
thymus
27,210 corpus weight
- théâtraux
théâtraux
27,208 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « threat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | threat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \θrɛt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « threat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
threat is uncommon French at frequency #72,790 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \θrɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menace.".
threat has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is threat, spelled T-H-R-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1Menace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how threat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A threat is an expression of intent to injure or punish another,an indication of imminent danger or a person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace
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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