un tantinet
\œ̃ tɑ̃.ti.nɛ\
The verdict
“un tantinet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un peu, passablement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-un-tantinet · un tantinet · French
un tantinet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | un tantinet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \œ̃ tɑ̃.ti.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « un tantinet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
un tantinet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \œ̃ tɑ̃.ti.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un peu, passablement.".
un tantinet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is un tantinet, spelled U-N- -T-A-N-T-I-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Un peu, passablement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how un tantinet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Donnez-moi un tantinet de pain.
Cette glace fondait un tantinet à midi mais regelait le soir, et, chaque matin, on commençait par la repolir avec amour.
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.