tranquil
\ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl\
The verdict
“tranquil” is uncommon French (frequency #73,614 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,614
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tranquille, calme, serein.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tranquil · tranquil · French
tranquil · rank #73,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,614
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Toriyama
Nearest frequency peer: Toriyama (-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 « tranquil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- toll
toll
26,390 corpus weight
- torchis
torchis
26,389 corpus weight
- Toriyama
Toriyama
26,388 corpus weight
- tranquil
tranquil
26,387 corpus weight
- transaction…
transactionnel
26,386 corpus weight
- travelo
travelo
26,385 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tranquil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tranquil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tranquil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tranquil is uncommon French at frequency #73,614 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tranquil in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tranquil, spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L.
Definition
- 1Tranquille, calme, serein.
- 2Tranquille, calme, paisible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tranquil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
[…] that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.
Antonyms
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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