thune

\tyn\

/\tyn\/ noun

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The verdict

“thune” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,296
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aumône.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thune · thune · French

thune · rank #20,296 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,296
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH theatre

Nearest frequency peer: theatre (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « thune »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « thune » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

thune vs tué
40% similar
thune vs tun
60% similar
thune vs tube
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for thune
PropertyValue
Headwordthune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tyn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,296
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « thune »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).thunese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « theatre » (#20,295), « thérapeute » (#20,297), « terminera » (#20,294). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « thune » est au #20,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around thune (IPA \tyn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,296 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for thune, with forms such as "htune", "thhune", and "thnue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tué", "tun", "tube", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is thune, spelled T-H-U-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aumône.
  2. 2
    (désuet en France et en Belgique) Pièce de cinq francs.
  3. 3
    Argent, monnaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how thune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Tu n’as pas l’impression d’être un salaud, toi ? Bon ! la première fois, je lui ai donné dix francs, c’est entendu. Ou plutôt ce n’est pas tout à fait vrai. Je lui ai refilé une thune en prétendant que je n’avais que ça sur moi. Tu as dû pratiquer le truc.
  2. Mets deux thunes dans l'bastringue.

This word in other languages

dough(English)pasta(Español)Finanzen(Deutsch)dinheiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htune
  • thhune
  • thnue
  • thuen
  • thunne
  • tthune
  • tuhne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thune - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

htune2thhune1thnue2thuen2thunne1tthune1tuhne2
Edit distance from "thune"

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 "thune"?
"thune" is spelled T-H-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tyn\.
What does "thune" mean?
As a noun, "thune" means: Aumône.
What words are commonly confused with "thune"?
"thune" is commonly confused with "tué", "tun", "tube". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "thune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thune" is \tyn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thune" come from?
"thune" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tampa#20,292usant#20,308semis#20,280épine#20,328

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tisser7 variantsérudit7 variantsAlbin7 variantspride7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list