tintement
\tɛ̃t.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“tintement” is uncommon French (frequency #61,183 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,183
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit d'une cloche que l'on fait tinter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tintement · tintement · French
tintement · rank #61,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,183
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH tirais
Nearest frequency peer: tirais (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tintement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tardait
tardait
38,822 corpus weight
- terrorisent
terrorisent
38,821 corpus weight
- thoughts
thoughts
38,820 corpus weight
- tintement
tintement
38,818 corpus weight
- tirais
tirais
38,817 corpus weight
- TMS
TMS
38,816 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tintement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tintement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ̃t.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tintement” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tintement is uncommon French at frequency #61,183 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛ̃t.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tintement, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tintement, spelled T-I-N-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Bruit d'une cloche que l'on fait tinter.
- 2Prolongement du son d’une cloche, diminuant dans l’air après que le coup a frappé.
- 3Bruit d'un objet métallique.
- 4Son imaginé et répété, évoqué par l'idée du bruit d'une chose métallique.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tintement", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.