Tisseron

name

The verdict

“Tisseron” is uncommon French (frequency #97,486 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,486
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tisseron · Tisseron · French

Tisseron · rank #97,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,486
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tilapia

Nearest frequency peer: tilapia (-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 « Tisseron »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tisseron
PropertyValue
HeadwordTisseron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Tisseron » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Tisserontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tilapia » (#97,485), « tob » (#97,487), « théosophie » (#97,484). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tisseron » est au #97,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tisseron is uncommon French at frequency #97,486 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Tisseron has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Tisseron, spelled T-I-S-S-E-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Tisseron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « Les plus jeunes n’arrivent pas à prendre un objet avec leurs doigts parce qu’ils n’ont pas l’habitude, ils ont des difficultés à interagir, à reconnaître les émotions », souligne le psychiatre Serge Tisseron, auteur de 3-6-9-12 Apprivoiser les écrans et grandir (éd. Eres).

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 "Tisseron"?
"Tisseron" is spelled T-I-S-S-E-R-O-N.
What does "Tisseron" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tisseron" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Tisseron" come from?
"Tisseron" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list