torses

\tɔʁs\

/\tɔʁs\/ adj

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The verdict

“torses” is uncommon French (frequency #54,302 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,302
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de tors.

Corpus desk

Index FR-torses · torses · French

torses · rank #54,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,302
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH topique

Nearest frequency peer: topique (-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 « torses »

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 « torses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for torses
PropertyValue
Headwordtorses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔʁs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « torses » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.torsestombe 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: « topique » (#54,301), « toucherai » (#54,303), « tournesols » (#54,304). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « torses » est au #54,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

torses is uncommon French at frequency #54,302 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɔʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de tors.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for torses in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is torses, spelled T-O-R-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de tors.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tout ce qu’ils aimaient de l’Italie, les grandes fenêtres ouvertes sur la lumière, les colonnades torses des balcons, l’ornementation à l’antique des façades, était acquis comme de grasses prébendes à cet ignoble de Griffes.

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 "torses"?
"torses" is spelled T-O-R-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔʁs\.
What does "torses" mean?
As an adjective, "torses" means: Féminin pluriel de tors.
How do you pronounce "torses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "torses" is \tɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "torses" come from?
"torses" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tapais#54,289survis#54,286vandal#54,319victim#54,323

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list