timber
\tɪm.bɚ\
The verdict
“timber” is uncommon French (frequency #67,928 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,928
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forêt pour la production de bois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-timber · timber · French
timber · rank #67,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,928
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Tikrit
Nearest frequency peer: Tikrit (-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 « timber »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Thémis
Thémis
32,076 corpus weight
- ties
ties
32,075 corpus weight
- Tikrit
Tikrit
32,074 corpus weight
- timber
timber
32,073 corpus weight
- torontois
torontois
32,071 corpus weight
- torturent
torturent
32,070 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « timber » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɪm.bɚ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « timber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
timber is uncommon French at frequency #67,928 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɪm.bɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for timber, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is timber, spelled T-I-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forêt pour la production de bois.
- 2Bois de construction, en particulier de charpente.
- 3Baguette de bois servant à la fabrication de cadres.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).