thus
[ðʌs]
The verdict
“thus” is uncommon French (frequency #77,088 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,088
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensuite, par conséquent, ainsi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thus · thus · French
thus · rank #77,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,088
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH thaumaturge
Nearest frequency peer: thaumaturge (-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 « thus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- territorial…
territorialement
22,919 corpus weight
- thaumaturge
thaumaturge
22,915 corpus weight
- thus
thus
22,913 corpus weight
- tidal
tidal
22,911 corpus weight
- Titicaca
Titicaca
22,909 corpus weight
- tondus
tondus
22,908 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « thus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ðʌs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
thus is uncommon French at frequency #77,088 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ðʌs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensuite, par conséquent, ainsi.".
thus has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is thus, spelled T-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1Ensuite, par conséquent, ainsi.
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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