torrides
\tɔ.ʁid\
The verdict
“torrides” is uncommon French (frequency #65,577 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,577
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de torride.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torrides · torrides · French
torrides · rank #65,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,577
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH torréfaction
Nearest frequency peer: torréfaction (+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 « torrides »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tolerance
tolerance
34,427 corpus weight
- Tolisso
Tolisso
34,426 corpus weight
- torrides
torrides
34,424 corpus weight
- torréfaction
torréfaction
34,423 corpus weight
- tournèrent
tournèrent
34,422 corpus weight
- tractus
tractus
34,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « torrides » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torrides |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɔ.ʁid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « torrides » en français
Rare enough to double-check
torrides is uncommon French at frequency #65,577 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɔ.ʁid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de torride.".
No misspelling variants are generated for torrides in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is torrides, spelled T-O-R-R-I-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de torride.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how torrides appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On en aura des saisons Des torrides et des blêmes Je peux encore garder ton nom Je peux aussi dire que je l'aime
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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