thun

\tʰun˦\

/\tʰun˦\/ noun

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The verdict

“thun” is uncommon French (frequency #86,248 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,248
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se rétracter; se contracter; se rétrécir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thun · thun · French

thun · rank #86,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,248
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Thoma

Nearest frequency peer: Thoma (-2 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 « thun »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « thun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for thun
PropertyValue
Headwordthun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʰun˦\
Letters4
Frequency rank#86,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « thun » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.thuntombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Thoma » (#86,246), « Thiery » (#86,245), « tissant » (#86,251). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « thun » est au #86,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thun is uncommon French at frequency #86,248 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʰun˦\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for thun in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is thun, spelled T-H-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se rétracter; se contracter; se rétrécir.
  2. 2
    Élastique.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thun"?
"thun" is spelled T-H-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʰun˦\.
What does "thun" mean?
As a noun, "thun" means: Se rétracter; se contracter; se rétrécir.
How do you pronounce "thun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thun" is \tʰun˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thun" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thun", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tobe#86,254toss#86,259udon#86,278sehr#86,169

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list