timo

Name: timo, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ˈti.mo\

/\ˈti.mo\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“timo” is uncommon French (frequency #58,984 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,984
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crainte, peur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-timo · timo · French

timo · rank #58,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #58,984
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH throne

Nearest frequency peer: throne (-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.

Tempus

41,021
tevez

41,020
throne

41,018
timo

41,017
toboggans

41,015
tongue

41,014

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « timo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for timo
Property	Value
Headword	timo
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ˈti.mo\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#58,984
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « timo » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.timotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#58,984

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « throne » (#58,983), « toboggans » (#58,986), « tevez » (#58,981). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « timo » est au #58,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

timo is uncommon French at frequency #58,984 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈti.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crainte, peur.".

timo has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is timo, spelled T-I-M-O.

Definition

1
Crainte, peur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "timo"?

"timo" is spelled T-I-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈti.mo\.

What does "timo" mean?

As a noun, "timo" means: Crainte, peur.

How do you pronounce "timo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "timo" is \ˈti.mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "timo" come from?

"timo" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "timo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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