tulip

\ˈtjuː.lɪp\

/\ˈtjuː.lɪp\/ noun

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The verdict

“tulip” is uncommon French (frequency #75,320 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,320
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tulip · tulip · French

tulip · rank #75,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,320
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tucci

Nearest frequency peer: Tucci (-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 « tulip »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tulip
PropertyValue
Headwordtulip
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈtjuː.lɪp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#75,320
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tulip » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Tucci » (#75,319), « tutorial » (#75,321), « twisted » (#75,322). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tulip » est au #75,320. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tulip is uncommon French at frequency #75,320 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtjuː.lɪp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tulipe.".

tulip has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tulip, spelled T-U-L-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tulipe.

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 "tulip"?
"tulip" is spelled T-U-L-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtjuː.lɪp\.
What does "tulip" mean?
As a noun, "tulip" means: Tulipe.
How do you pronounce "tulip"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tulip" is \ˈtjuː.lɪp\. 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 "tulip", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tucci#75,319tired#75,304texts#75,301teins#75,293

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list