thrips
\tʁips\
The verdict
“thrips” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insecte piqueur-suceur, de l’ordre des Thysanoptères (Thysanoptera), ptérygotes hétérométaboles de taille minuscule, au corps allongé.
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Index FR-thrips · thrips · French
thrips · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thrips |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁips\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
thrips is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁips\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insecte piqueur-suceur, de l’ordre des Thysanoptères (Thysanoptera), ptérygotes hétérométaboles de taille minuscule, au corps allongé.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for thrips, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is thrips, spelled T-H-R-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1Insecte piqueur-suceur, de l’ordre des Thysanoptères (Thysanoptera), ptérygotes hétérométaboles de taille minuscule, au corps allongé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thrips appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourtant, ces insectes pourraient remplir ce rôle pollinisateur de longue date puisque des thrips portant des grains de pollen (de Cycadales ou Ginkgoales) ont été observés dans de l’ambre provenant d’Espagne et datée du début du Crétacé.
Des fleurs de plus en plus rares chaque année, les pommes attaquées par les thrips et dévorées par les vers.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.