thumb
\ˈθʌm\
The verdict
“thumb” is uncommon French (frequency #92,263 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,263
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pouce.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thumb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈθʌm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thumb” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thumb is uncommon French at frequency #92,263 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈθʌm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pouce.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for thumb, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is thumb, spelled T-H-U-M-B.
Definition
- 1Pouce.
Synonyms
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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Using “thumb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-H-U-M-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.