tranquilou

\tʁɑ̃.ki.lu\

/\tʁɑ̃.ki.lu\/ adv

The verdict

“tranquilou” is uncommon French (frequency #60,438 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,438
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tranquillement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tranquilou · tranquilou · French

tranquilou · rank #60,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,438
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transcendanta…

Nearest frequency peer: transcendantale (+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 « tranquilou »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tranquilou
PropertyValue
Headwordtranquilou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\tʁɑ̃.ki.lu\
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tranquilou » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tranquiloutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « transcendantale » (#60,439), « transfèrent » (#60,440), « transférable » (#60,441). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tranquilou » est au #60,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tranquilou is uncommon French at frequency #60,438 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.ki.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tranquillement.".

Zero misspellings are on record for tranquilou in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tranquilou, spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tranquillement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’après-midi, Félix laissa ses potes à la maison pour qu’ils pussent « buller tranquilou » et il partit avec Margot à Bourg-en-Bresse acheter les billets de TGV pour Paris.
  2. Triomphalement réélu député en juin, mais toujours vissé à son fauteuil de président du conseil départemental des Alpes-Maritimes, le très droitier Éric Ciotti espérait continuer à cumuler tranquilou ses deux mandats jusqu’à la fin de l’année, grâce, notamment. à deux heureux recours déposés contre son élection au Palais-Bourbon…

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 "tranquilou"?
"tranquilou" is spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.ki.lu\.
What does "tranquilou" mean?
As an adverb, "tranquilou" means: Tranquillement.
How do you pronounce "tranquilou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tranquilou" is \tʁɑ̃.ki.lu\. 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 "tranquilou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list