tipi
\ti.pi\
The verdict
“tipi” is uncommon French (frequency #54,957 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,957
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tente conique traditionnelle des Amérindiens des Grandes Plaines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tipi · tipi · French
tipi · rank #54,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,957
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH TMZ
Nearest frequency peer: TMZ (+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 « tipi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- terrifie
terrifie
45,048 corpus weight
- terrorisés
terrorisés
45,047 corpus weight
- tipi
tipi
45,044 corpus weight
- TMZ
TMZ
45,043 corpus weight
- toniques
toniques
45,041 corpus weight
- torticolis
torticolis
45,040 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tipi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tipi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.pi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tipi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tipi is uncommon French at frequency #54,957 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tipi 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tipi, spelled T-I-P-I.
Definition
- 1Tente conique traditionnelle des Amérindiens des Grandes Plaines.
- 2Tente de fortune qui ressemble plus ou moins aux tentes amérindiennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tipi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il convient de distinguer l'authentique tipi, spécifique des Plaines, fait de peaux tannées et cousues ensemble, d'un tipi plus fruste, où les peaux ne sont pas cousues ; la cohésion de l'ensemble est assurée par des poteaux extérieurs, inclinés contre la paroi de la tente.
Avez-vous une âme de pionnier ? Si oui, vous disposez de chariots bâchés tels que vous en avez vu dans les westerns, lesquels nous montrent également des tipis.
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.
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