tsigane
\tsi.ɡan\
The verdict
“tsigane” is uncommon French (frequency #71,156 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,156
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propre aux Tsiganes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tsigane · tsigane · French
tsigane · rank #71,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,156
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tréma
Nearest frequency peer: tréma (-2 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 « tsigane »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- trébuchet
trébuchet
28,848 corpus weight
- tréma
tréma
28,847 corpus weight
- tsigane
tsigane
28,845 corpus weight
- turquoises
turquoises
28,843 corpus weight
- tuyère
tuyère
28,842 corpus weight
- typhoon
typhoon
28,841 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tsigane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tsigane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tsi.ɡan\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tsigane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tsigane is uncommon French at frequency #71,156 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tsi.ɡan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propre aux Tsiganes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tsigane, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tsigane, spelled T-S-I-G-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Propre aux Tsiganes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tsigane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au nombre de ces bohémiens, accourus des provinces de l’ouest, figurait la troupe tsigane qui avait accompagné Michel Strogoff jusqu’à Perm.
Cette fois, le prince Youssoupoff arrive avec sa guitare et chante à Raspoutine des chansons tsiganes qui charment le starets.
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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