tlm

pron

The verdict

“tlm” is uncommon French (frequency #52,398 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,398
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tout le monde. Note d’usage : Employé principalement dans les forums de chat sur Internet.

Key facts for tlm
PropertyValue
Headwordtlm
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#52,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tlm” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tlm lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tlm is uncommon French at frequency #52,398 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for tlm in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tlm, spelled T-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tout le monde. Note d’usage : Employé principalement dans les forums de chat sur Internet.
  2. 2
    Tellement.

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 "tlm"?
"tlm" is spelled T-L-M.
What does "tlm" mean?
As a pronoun, "tlm" means: Tout le monde. Note d’usage : Employé principalement dans les forums de chat sur Internet.
What language does "tlm" come from?
"tlm" 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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Using “tlm”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-L-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list