tranquillisant
\tʁɑ̃.ki.li.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“tranquillisant” is uncommon French (frequency #98,580 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,580
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tranquillise, qui rassure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tranquillisant · tranquillisant · French
tranquillisant · rank #98,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,580
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH transigé
Nearest frequency peer: transigé (+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 « tranquillisant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- touarègue
touarègue
1,425 corpus weight
- tranquillis…
tranquillisant
1,421 corpus weight
- transigé
transigé
1,420 corpus weight
- transitionn…
transitionnelle
1,419 corpus weight
- transparais…
transparaissent
1,418 corpus weight
- traquait
traquait
1,417 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tranquillisant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tranquillisant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.ki.li.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #98,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tranquillisant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tranquillisant is uncommon French at frequency #98,580 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.ki.li.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tranquillisant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tranquillisant, spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-I-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui tranquillise, qui rassure.
- 2Qui calme, endors.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tranquillisant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette nouvelle est fort tranquillisante.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).