timbale
\tɛ̃.bal\
The verdict
“timbale” is an uncommon French word, ranked #66,382 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,382
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de tambour composé d’un demi-globe de métal sur lequel est tendue une peau dont la tension est réglable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timbale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ̃.bal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “timbale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for timbale is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛ̃.bal\. Corpus data places it at rank #66,382 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for timbale in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is timbale, spelled T-I-M-B-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de tambour composé d’un demi-globe de métal sur lequel est tendue une peau dont la tension est réglable.
- 2Gobelet de métal, souvent de valeur.
- 3Prix remporté par un ou une candidate lors d'un concours.
- 4Moule de forme circulaire.
- 5Croûte de pâtisserie dans laquelle on sert certains mets accommodés avec une sauce.
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.
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Using “timbale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-I-M-B-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛ̃.bal\ (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.