Tiflis
\ti.flis\
The verdict
“Tiflis” is uncommon French (frequency #85,317 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,317
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de Tbilissi, capitale de la Géorgie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tiflis · Tiflis · French
Tiflis · rank #85,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,317
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tik
Nearest frequency peer: tik (+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 « Tiflis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- thyroïdienne
thyroïdienne
14,687 corpus weight
- théorisée
théorisée
14,686 corpus weight
- Tiflis
Tiflis
14,684 corpus weight
- tik
tik
14,683 corpus weight
- Timur
Timur
14,681 corpus weight
- tinta
tinta
14,680 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tiflis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tiflis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ti.flis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tiflis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tiflis is uncommon French at frequency #85,317 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ti.flis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de Tbilissi, capitale de la Géorgie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tiflis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Tiflis, spelled T-I-F-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de Tbilissi, capitale de la Géorgie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tiflis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, c’était le matin même que je venais d’arriver à Tiflis, ayant l’intention d’y passer trois semaines, puis de visiter les provinces de la Géorgie pour le profit de mon journal, et, je l’espérais, pour celui de ses lecteurs.
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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