timer
\ˈtaɪmɚ\
The verdict
“timer” is uncommon French (frequency #57,647 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,647
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minuterie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-timer · timer · French
timer · rank #57,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,647
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH timbrée
Nearest frequency peer: timbrée (-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 « timer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tilda
Tilda
42,356 corpus weight
- timbrée
timbrée
42,355 corpus weight
- timer
timer
42,354 corpus weight
- tocsin
tocsin
42,353 corpus weight
- tomberez
tomberez
42,352 corpus weight
- toponymes
toponymes
42,351 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « timer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈtaɪmɚ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « timer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
timer is uncommon French at frequency #57,647 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtaɪmɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for timer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is timer, spelled T-I-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Minuterie.
- 2Chronométreur.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).