Tsai
The verdict
“Tsai” is uncommon French (frequency #54,312 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,312
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tsai · Tsai · French
Tsai · rank #54,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,312
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH truquée
Nearest frequency peer: truquée (-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 « Tsai »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- triplex
triplex
45,693 corpus weight
- tripper
tripper
45,692 corpus weight
- trognon
trognon
45,691 corpus weight
- truquée
truquée
45,690 corpus weight
- Tsai
Tsai
45,689 corpus weight
- turbulents
turbulents
45,687 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Tsai » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tsai |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Tsai » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Tsai is uncommon French at frequency #54,312 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Tsai has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Tsai, spelled T-S-A-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tsai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le site archéologique de Petén, dans le nord du pays, a été le théâtre de la rencontre d’État entre le président local, Alejandro Giammatei, et son homologue taïwanaise, Tsai Ing-wen.
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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