ta

\ta\

/\ta\/ det

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The verdict

“ta” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #181) as a determiner. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#181
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déterminant marquant la possession d’un objet (de genre féminin) appartenant à celui (de nombre singulier) à qui l’on parle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ta · ta · French

ta · rank #181 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #181
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourquoi

Nearest frequency peer: pourquoi (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “ta”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “ta” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ta vs tu
50% similar
ta vs te
50% similar
ta vs TV
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ta
PropertyValue
Headwordta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechDeterminer
IPA\ta\
Letters2
Frequency rank#181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “ta” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pourquoi » (#180), « ville » (#182), « plusieurs » (#179). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ta is neighbouring look-alikes ("tu", "te", …), not just typos; it is adeterminer pronounced \ta\. Frequency #181 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Déterminant marquant la possession d’un objet (de genre féminin) appartenant à celui (de nombre singulier) à qui l’on parle.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ta, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "te", "TV", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ta, spelled T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déterminant marquant la possession d’un objet (de genre féminin) appartenant à celui (de nombre singulier) à qui l’on parle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je te suppose riche, mon cher Guillaume. Tu montes dans ta calèche de voyage; ton valet de chambre occupe le siége; on attelle deux chevaux de poste.
  2. J'espère que tu comptes la protéger autant que ta bagnole parce que je pense sincèrement qu'entre les deux, c'est elle qui vaut le plus cher.

This word in other languages

your(English)tu(Español)dein(Deutsch)seu(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ta"?
"ta" is spelled T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ta\.
What does "ta" mean?
As a determiner, "ta" means: Déterminant marquant la possession d’un objet (de genre féminin) appartenant à celui (de nombre singulier) à qui l’on parle.
What words are commonly confused with "ta"?
"ta" is commonly confused with "tu", "te", "TV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ta" is \ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ta" come from?
"ta" 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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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