turpitude
\tyʁ.pi.tyd\
The verdict
“turpitude” is uncommon French (frequency #88,193 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,193
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ignominie qui résulte de quelque action honteuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-turpitude · turpitude · French
turpitude · rank #88,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,193
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH téléphonait
Nearest frequency peer: téléphonait (+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 « turpitude »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tria
tria
11,815 corpus weight
- trigonométr…
trigonométrique
11,814 corpus weight
- trigonométr…
trigonométriques
11,813 corpus weight
- Tristram
Tristram
11,812 corpus weight
- turpitude
turpitude
11,808 corpus weight
- téléphonait
téléphonait
11,806 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « turpitude » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turpitude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tyʁ.pi.tyd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « turpitude » en français
Rare enough to double-check
turpitude is uncommon French at frequency #88,193 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tyʁ.pi.tyd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for turpitude in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is turpitude, spelled T-U-R-P-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Ignominie qui résulte de quelque action honteuse.
- 2Action honteuse, écrit ou parole ignoble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turpitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lucienne. — Quelle turpitude !… Et dire que c’est dans cette chambre !… Elle a plutôt l’air honnête, cette chambre ! Menteuse ! Que c’est dans cette chambre que, tout à l’heure, mon mari avec une autre…
Quelles causes profondes, quelles turpitudes amenèrent donc l'annihilation de ce qui est une riante bourgade ?
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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