tabarnak
\ta.baʁ.nak\
The verdict
“tabarnak” is uncommon French (frequency #52,386 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,386
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juron manifestant la colère, l’indignation, la surprise ou l'étonnement s'il est situé en début de phrase. Précédé de la préposition « en », il peut également signifier un grand volume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tabarnak · tabarnak · French
tabarnak · rank #52,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,386
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH sévissait
Nearest frequency peer: sévissait (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « tabarnak »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- synthétiseur
synthétiseur
47,618 corpus weight
- séjournait
séjournait
47,617 corpus weight
- sévissait
sévissait
47,616 corpus weight
- tabarnak
tabarnak
47,615 corpus weight
- tabliers
tabliers
47,614 corpus weight
- taillent
taillent
47,613 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tabarnak » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabarnak |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ta.baʁ.nak\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tabarnak » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tabarnak is uncommon French at frequency #52,386 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ta.baʁ.nak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juron manifestant la colère, l’indignation, la surprise ou l'étonnement s'il est situé en début de phrase. Précédé de la préposition « en », il peut également signifier un grand volume.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tabarnak, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tabarnak, spelled T-A-B-A-R-N-A-K.
Definition
- 1Juron manifestant la colère, l’indignation, la surprise ou l'étonnement s'il est situé en début de phrase. Précédé de la préposition « en », il peut également signifier un grand volume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tabarnak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J. M. De Boss le disait aussi. « Tabarnak ! Ce gars-là, c’est un chien sale. Il crotte sur le monde et le monde est content de le torcher. Pas vrai, Smith ? — Oui, De Boss. »
On a ben des mots pour pas dire « tabarnak »!
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.
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