tilden
\ˈtil.den\
The verdict
“tilden” is uncommon French (frequency #96,442 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,442
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de tildar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tilden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈtil.den\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tilden” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tilden is uncommon French at frequency #96,442 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈtil.den\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tilden has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tilden, spelled T-I-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de tildar.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de tildar.
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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Using “tilden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-I-L-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈtil.den\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.