tung
\tuŋ\
The verdict
“tung” is uncommon French (frequency #56,334 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,334
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre de Chine, qui produit une huile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tung · tung · French
tung · rank #56,334 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,334
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tuerai
Nearest frequency peer: tuerai (-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 « tung »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- trusts
trusts
43,670 corpus weight
- tsunamis
tsunamis
43,669 corpus weight
- tuerai
tuerai
43,668 corpus weight
- tung
tung
43,667 corpus weight
- tutoiement
tutoiement
43,666 corpus weight
- téléphonez
téléphonez
43,664 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tung » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuŋ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tung » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tung is uncommon French at frequency #56,334 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbre de Chine, qui produit une huile.".
tung has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tung, spelled T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Arbre de Chine, qui produit une huile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’exportation en huile de tung représente vraisemblablement une valeur de plus de quatre millions de taëls.
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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