requin-taupe

\ʁə.kɛ̃ top\

/\ʁə.kɛ̃ top\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de grand requin trapu à 5 paires de fentes branchiales.

Key facts for requin-taupe
PropertyValue
Headwordrequin-taupe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.kɛ̃ top\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “requin-taupe” sits in French frequency

requin-taupe falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

requin-taupe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.kɛ̃ top\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de grand requin trapu à 5 paires de fentes branchiales.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for requin-taupe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is requin-taupe, spelled R-E-Q-U-I-N---T-A-U-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de grand requin trapu à 5 paires de fentes branchiales.

Synonyms

lamie

This word in other languages

Heringshai(Deutsch)

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 "requin-taupe"?
"requin-taupe" is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-N---T-A-U-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɛ̃ top\.
What does "requin-taupe" mean?
As a noun, "requin-taupe" means: Espèce de grand requin trapu à 5 paires de fentes branchiales.
How do you pronounce "requin-taupe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "requin-taupe" is \ʁə.kɛ̃ top\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "requin-taupe" come from?
"requin-taupe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “requin-taupe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-Q-U-I-N---T-A-U-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.kɛ̃ top\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list