torsions
\tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“torsions” is uncommon French (frequency #93,331 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,331
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de torsion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torsions · torsions · French
torsions · rank #93,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,331
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Tompkins
Nearest frequency peer: Tompkins (-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 « torsions »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- toilet
toilet
6,673 corpus weight
- Tomasz
Tomasz
6,672 corpus weight
- Tompkins
Tompkins
6,671 corpus weight
- torsions
torsions
6,670 corpus weight
- tosa
tosa
6,669 corpus weight
- toucherez
toucherez
6,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « torsions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torsions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « torsions » en français
Rare enough to double-check
torsions is uncommon French at frequency #93,331 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de torsion.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for torsions, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is torsions, spelled T-O-R-S-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de torsion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how torsions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans son agencement géométrisé, l’artiste a multiplié les traits obliques et les torsions sur d’inquiétantes statues, dont celle qui tire le rideau sur la gauche (à la place du marin) nous force à regarder un spectacle brutal et sombre mais terriblement vivant.
Les mouliniers, dans la région lyonnaise, emploient des produits colorants, bleu, vert, rouge, etc., qui sont destinés à distinguer les torsions, notamment pour les crêpes.
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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