tiller
\ti.je\
The verdict
“tiller” is uncommon French (frequency #87,211 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,211
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Débarrasser de la tille, détacher le filament du chanvre ou du lin, en brisant la chènevotte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tiller · tiller · French
tiller · rank #87,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,211
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tilde
Nearest frequency peer: tilde (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tiller”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- terranova
terranova
12,795 corpus weight
- terrorisait
terrorisait
12,794 corpus weight
- tilde
tilde
12,791 corpus weight
- tiller
tiller
12,790 corpus weight
- topiques
topiques
12,788 corpus weight
- torn
torn
12,787 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tiller” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ti.je\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tiller” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tiller is uncommon French at frequency #87,211 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Débarrasser de la tille, détacher le filament du chanvre ou du lin, en brisant la chènevotte.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tiller, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tiller, spelled T-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Débarrasser de la tille, détacher le filament du chanvre ou du lin, en brisant la chènevotte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; de même que le travail de rouir, tiller et peigner le chanvre, saler ou sécher le poisson , etc. , passe pour un appendice de l'industrie de ceux qui récoltent le chanvre, ou qui pêchent le poisson.
Loin du bourg où retentissent les attelages Et qui tille le chanvre et qui bat le méteil, Avec lers chaumes d’or sous un pâle soleil, Elles forment, là-bas, comme une autre village.
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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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency 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.