throat
\θrəʊt\
The verdict
“throat” is uncommon French (frequency #98,564 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,564
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gorge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-throat · throat · French
throat · rank #98,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,564
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Thivierge
Nearest frequency peer: Thivierge (-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 « throat »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- thieves
thieves
1,440 corpus weight
- Thiriet
Thiriet
1,439 corpus weight
- Thivierge
Thivierge
1,438 corpus weight
- throat
throat
1,437 corpus weight
- tibiale
tibiale
1,435 corpus weight
- tico
tico
1,434 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « throat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | throat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \θrəʊt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « throat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
throat is uncommon French at frequency #98,564 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \θrəʊt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for throat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is throat, spelled T-H-R-O-A-T.
Definition
- 1Gorge.
- 2Goulot (de bouteille).
- 3Col d’une tuyère.
- 4Gorge, épaisseur d’un cordon de soudure d’angle, notée en général a.
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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