torn
\ˈtɔɹn\
The verdict
“torn” is uncommon French (frequency #87,214 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,214
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé de tear.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torn · torn · French
torn · rank #87,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,214
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH topiques
Nearest frequency peer: topiques (-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 “torn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tilde
tilde
12,791 corpus weight
- tiller
tiller
12,790 corpus weight
- topiques
topiques
12,788 corpus weight
- torn
torn
12,787 corpus weight
- tourneraient
tourneraient
12,784 corpus weight
- toutim
toutim
12,783 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “torn” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈtɔɹn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torn” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
torn is uncommon French at frequency #87,214 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈtɔɹn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé de tear.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for torn, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is torn, spelled T-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Participe passé de tear.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 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.