tuf
\tyf\
The verdict
“tuf” is uncommon French (frequency #53,042 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,042
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche formée par l’accumulation de petits fragments soit de roches volcaniques et de cendres, soit de calcaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tuf · tuf · French
tuf · rank #53,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,042
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tsars
Nearest frequency peer: tsars (-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 « tuf »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- treille
treille
46,962 corpus weight
- troqué
troqué
46,961 corpus weight
- tsars
tsars
46,960 corpus weight
- tuf
tuf
46,959 corpus weight
- twitté
twitté
46,958 corpus weight
- télégraphie
télégraphie
46,957 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tuf » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tyf\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tuf » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tuf is uncommon French at frequency #53,042 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tyf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tuf in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tuf, spelled T-U-F.
Definition
- 1Roche formée par l’accumulation de petits fragments soit de roches volcaniques et de cendres, soit de calcaire.
- 2Pierre calcaire blanche et tendre, qui devient plus dure et plus blanche lorsqu’elle est employée.
- 3Fond véritable et imparfait de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un, caché sous de belles apparences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tuf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dix-sept îles, tufs et basaltes en amas pyramidaux ou étrangement déchiquetés, surgissent de la mer ; piliers immenses, elles supportent les brumes hautes, à moins que, monolithes gigantesques, leurs sommets ne les dominent.
La plupart des maisons de la vallée de la Loire entre Blois et Saumur sont bâties en tuf.
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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