typesse
\ti.pɛs\
The verdict
“typesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme anonyme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-typesse · typesse · French
typesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | typesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.pɛs\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
typesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.pɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme anonyme.".
typesse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is typesse, spelled T-Y-P-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme anonyme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how typesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la langue parlée moderne (surtout dans l’argot de Paris), le suffixe -esse a pris une assez grande extension. Voici quelques exemples de formation récente et toute populaire : Bougre — bougresse ; chef — chefesse (de rayon) ; clown — clownesse (Huysmans, Là-bas, p. 104) ; dab, dabe — dabesse ; faraud — faraudesse ; gonce — gonzesse ; grèle — grelesse…
Tour chez Frédé. […] Vu des types et des typesses.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.