chauffeur de taxi

\ʃo.fœʁ də tak.si\

/\ʃo.fœʁ də tak.si\/ noun

The verdict

“chauffeur de taxi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui conduit un taxi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauffeur-de-taxi · chauffeur de taxi · French

chauffeur de taxi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for chauffeur de taxi
PropertyValue
Headwordchauffeur de taxi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃo.fœʁ də tak.si\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chauffeur de taxi » en français

chauffeur de taxireste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chauffeur de taxi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃo.fœʁ də tak.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme qui conduit un taxi.".

No misspelling variants are generated for chauffeur de taxi 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chauffeur de taxi, spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-U-R- -D-E- -T-A-X-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme qui conduit un taxi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chauffeur de taxi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Des chauffeurs de taxi fumaient des clopes et bouffaient des sandwiches sous le cagnard, avec leurs grosses Ray-Ban, ils ressemblaient à s’y méprendre aux flics californiens des séries B, j’en ai déduit que c’étaient donc de typiques chauffeurs de taxis parisiens.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chauffeur de taxi"?
"chauffeur de taxi" is spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-U-R- -D-E- -T-A-X-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.fœʁ də tak.si\.
What does "chauffeur de taxi" mean?
As a noun, "chauffeur de taxi" means: Homme qui conduit un taxi.
How do you pronounce "chauffeur de taxi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauffeur de taxi" is \ʃo.fœʁ də tak.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chauffeur de taxi" come from?
"chauffeur de taxi" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list