tik
\tik\
The verdict
“tik” is uncommon French (frequency #85,318 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,318
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de métamphétamine, très prisé dans les townships sud-africains.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tik · tik · French
tik · rank #85,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,318
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Tiflis
Nearest frequency peer: Tiflis (-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 « tik »
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 « tik » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tik |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tik\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tik » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tik is uncommon French at frequency #85,318 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de métamphétamine, très prisé dans les townships sud-africains.".
tik has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tik, spelled T-I-K.
Definition
- 1Sorte de métamphétamine, très prisé dans les townships sud-africains.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Supposons encore que Simon et sa bande aient été des petites mains dans le rouage : du tik et du Mandrax suffisait à les tenir en laisse.
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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