Tikal

name

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The verdict

“Tikal” is uncommon French (frequency #90,250 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,250
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un des plus grands sites archéologiques et centres urbains de la civilisation maya précolombienne.

Key facts for Tikal
PropertyValue
HeadwordTikal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,250
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tikal” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Tikal lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tikal is uncommon French at frequency #90,250 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des plus grands sites archéologiques et centres urbains de la civilisation maya précolombienne.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Tikal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Tikal, spelled T-I-K-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un des plus grands sites archéologiques et centres urbains de la civilisation maya précolombienne.

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 "Tikal"?
"Tikal" is spelled T-I-K-A-L.
What does "Tikal" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tikal" means: Un des plus grands sites archéologiques et centres urbains de la civilisation maya précolombienne.
What language does "Tikal" come from?
"Tikal" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Tikal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-I-K-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list