tierra

\ˈtje.ra\

/\ˈtje.ra\/ noun

The verdict

“tierra” is uncommon French (frequency #61,946 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,946
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tierra · tierra · French

tierra · rank #61,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,946
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tick

Nearest frequency peer: tick (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « tierra »

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 « tierra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tierra
PropertyValue
Headwordtierra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈtje.ra\
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tierra » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tierratombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tick » (#61,945), « tintamarre » (#61,947), « théorisation » (#61,944). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tierra » est au #61,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tierra is uncommon French at frequency #61,946 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtje.ra\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Terre.".

Zero misspellings are on record for tierra in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tierra, spelled T-I-E-R-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Cuando éramos jóvenes, la tierra se labraba a mano, con una laya. Nadie hablaba de tractores entonces.
  2. Esta vez llevaban un catalejo (...) «La ciencia ha eliminado las distancias», pregonaba Melquíades. «Dentro de poco, el hombre podrá ver lo que ocurre en cualquier lugar de la tierra, sin moverse de su casa».

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 "tierra"?
"tierra" is spelled T-I-E-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtje.ra\.
What does "tierra" mean?
As a noun, "tierra" means: Terre.
How do you pronounce "tierra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tierra" is \ˈtje.ra\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list