turquoises
\tyʁ.kwaz\
The verdict
“turquoises” is uncommon French (frequency #71,158 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,158
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de turquoise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-turquoises · turquoises · French
turquoises · rank #71,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,158
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tuyère
Nearest frequency peer: tuyère (+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 « turquoises »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- trébuchet
trébuchet
28,848 corpus weight
- tréma
tréma
28,847 corpus weight
- tsigane
tsigane
28,845 corpus weight
- turquoises
turquoises
28,843 corpus weight
- tuyère
tuyère
28,842 corpus weight
- typhoon
typhoon
28,841 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « turquoises » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turquoises |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tyʁ.kwaz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « turquoises » en français
Rare enough to double-check
turquoises is uncommon French at frequency #71,158 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tyʁ.kwaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de turquoise.".
No misspelling variants are generated for turquoises in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is turquoises, spelled T-U-R-Q-U-O-I-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de turquoise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how turquoises appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Somptueux chapans (manteaux) et accessoires brodés d’or de la cour de l’émir, selles en bois peintes à la main, harnachements de chevaux en argent sertis de turquoises, magnifiques suzanis (grandes pièces de tissu brodées), tapis, ikats de soie, bijoux et costumes de la culture nomade, peintures d’avant-garde orientalistes : l’exposition réunit près de 30…
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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