timoré
\ti.mɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“timoré” is uncommon French (frequency #67,162 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,162
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est trop disposé à la crainte, au scrupule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-timore · timoré · French
timoré · rank #67,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,162
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tiraillée
Nearest frequency peer: tiraillée (+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 « timoré »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- terminerait
terminerait
32,842 corpus weight
- testo
testo
32,841 corpus weight
- timoré
timoré
32,839 corpus weight
- tiraillée
tiraillée
32,838 corpus weight
- Tissier
Tissier
32,837 corpus weight
- titubant
titubant
32,836 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « timoré » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timoré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ti.mɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « timoré » en français
Rare enough to double-check
timoré is uncommon French at frequency #67,162 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ti.mɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
timoré has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is timoré, spelled T-I-M-O-R-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est trop disposé à la crainte, au scrupule.
- 2Qui a peur dans une situation particulière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how timoré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous les gouvernements faibles et timorés, qui se piquaient de pratiquer l'alliance du trône et de l'autel, c'est l'Église qui s'est prévalue du Concordat pour assurer sa prépondérance, ….
Il est extraordinairement timoré. « C’est le lièvre de La Fontaine », disait mon père. Il ajoutait : « L’ombre de ses oreilles l’épouvante ».
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).