Tsushima

\tsu.ʃi.ma\

/\tsu.ʃi.ma\/ name

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The verdict

“Tsushima” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île japonaise qui dépend de la préfecture de Nagasaki.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tsushima · Tsushima · French

Tsushima · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Tsushima
PropertyValue
HeadwordTsushima
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tsu.ʃi.ma\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “Tsushima” se place dans la fréquence du français

Tsushiman'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tsushima is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tsu.ʃi.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Île japonaise qui dépend de la préfecture de Nagasaki.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tsushima, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Tsushima, spelled T-S-U-S-H-I-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Île japonaise qui dépend de la préfecture de Nagasaki.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La marine russe est écrasée le 28 mai 1905, lors de la bataille de Tsushima.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tsushima"?
"Tsushima" is spelled T-S-U-S-H-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \tsu.ʃi.ma\.
What does "Tsushima" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tsushima" means: Île japonaise qui dépend de la préfecture de Nagasaki.
How do you pronounce "Tsushima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tsushima" is \tsu.ʃi.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tsushima" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list