tignasse
\ti.ɲas\
The verdict
“tignasse” is uncommon French (frequency #53,027 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,027
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chevelure ébouriffée et mal soignée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tignasse · tignasse · French
tignasse · rank #53,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,027
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tiare
Nearest frequency peer: tiare (-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 « tignasse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- teubé
teubé
46,978 corpus weight
- thx
thx
46,976 corpus weight
- tiare
tiare
46,975 corpus weight
- tignasse
tignasse
46,974 corpus weight
- Tolbiac
Tolbiac
46,973 corpus weight
- torpiller
torpiller
46,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tignasse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tignasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.ɲas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tignasse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tignasse is uncommon French at frequency #53,027 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ɲas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chevelure ébouriffée et mal soignée.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tignasse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tignasse, spelled T-I-G-N-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Chevelure ébouriffée et mal soignée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tignasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux minutes après, un foulard de coton au cou et son béret « Le Vengeur » planté sur la tignasse épaisse, il attendait dans une posture recueillie et digne les ultimes recommandations paternelles.
Une clodote encore jeune, bouffie par l'alcool, et qui n'avait plus de femme qu'une tignasse déjà terne, s'approcha et lui présenta une bouillie immonde dans une gamelle cabossée.
This word in other languages
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 "tignasse"?
What does "tignasse" mean?
How do you pronounce "tignasse"?
What language does "tignasse" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tignasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).