tierisch
\ˈtiːʁɪʃ\
The verdict
“tierisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tierisch · tierisch · French
tierisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tierisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈtiːʁɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tierisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈtiːʁɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tierisch, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tierisch, spelled T-I-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Animal.
- 2Grand, énorme, fort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tierisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Veganer meiden jegliche tierische Produkte, d.h. nicht nur Fleisch, sondern auch Milch, Eier, Leder und Honig.
Tierische Fressfeinde sind ohnehin selten und werden überdies von vornherein durch die dicht an dicht stehenden Stachel abgeschreckt. Dieses Fehlen eines Selektionsdrucks erlaubt den Kakteen, ungeniert eine große Vielfalt an grotesken, zum Amüsement der Touristen geeigneten Formen hervorzubringen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.