tímido
\tˈi.mi.du\
The verdict
“tímido” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Timide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-timido · tímido · French
tímido · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tímido |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tˈi.mi.du\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tímido is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tˈi.mi.du\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Timide.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tímido in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 tímido, spelled T-Í-M-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Timide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tímido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Juliana, uma editora de 37 anos, é perfeccionista e tensa. Ao contrário de seu marido, é tímida e introvertida, caseira, gosta de segurança e sente-se desconfortável diante de imprevistos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.