tiers état
\tjɛʁ.z‿e.ta\
The verdict
“tiers état” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la nation qui ne faisait partie ni du clergé, ni de la noblesse, et constituait donc la roture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tiers-etat · tiers état · French
tiers état · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | tiers état |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tjɛʁ.z‿e.ta\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tiers état is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tjɛʁ.z‿e.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
tiers état has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tiers état, spelled T-I-E-R-S- -É-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1Partie de la nation qui ne faisait partie ni du clergé, ni de la noblesse, et constituait donc la roture.
- 2Le peuple d’une nation.
- 3Portion la plus éclairée de la roture, c’est-à-dire la bourgeoisie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tiers état appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le tiers état pratique la chasse non comme un sport ou un loisir; c'est une source de viande appréciée à l'époque où l'alimentation des paysans est pauvre en protéines.
Le peuple célébra ce mariage par des réjouissances universelles, car le tiers état regardait cette union comme une garantie de paix et de bon accord entre les deux races, […].
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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.