torrides

\tɔ.ʁid\

/\tɔ.ʁid\/ adj

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for torrides
PropertyValue
Headwordtorrides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔ.ʁid\
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « torrides » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).torridestombe 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: « torréfaction » (#65,578), « Tolisso » (#65,575), « tournèrent » (#65,579). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « torrides » est au #65,577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Pluriel de torride.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "torrides"?
"torrides" is spelled T-O-R-R-I-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ʁid\.
What does "torrides" mean?
As an adjective, "torrides" means: Pluriel de torride.
How do you pronounce "torrides"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "torrides" is \tɔ.ʁid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "torrides", 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