tabous

\ta.bu\

/\ta.bu\/ adj

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The verdict

“tabous” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,114
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de tabou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tabous · tabous · French

tabous · rank #22,114 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,114
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH T1

Nearest frequency peer: T1 (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « tabous »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « tabous » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

tabous vs tous
67% similar
tabous vs trous
67% similar
tabous vs tacos
67% similar

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

Key facts for tabous
PropertyValue
Headwordtabous
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ta.bu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,114
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tabous »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « T1 » (#22,113), « tampons » (#22,115), « taureaux » (#22,116). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tabous » est au #22,114. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tabous (IPA \ta.bu\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,114 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de tabou.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tabous, with forms such as "atbous", "tabbous", and "tabosu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tous", "trous", "tacos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tabous, spelled T-A-B-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de tabou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle n’hésite pas à y aborder des sujets tabous, comme les troubles alimentaires ou la sexualité, avec une franche dose d’autodérision, filant la métaphore de la loseuse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atbous
  • tabbous
  • tabosu
  • tabouss
  • tabuos
  • taobus
  • tbaous
  • ttabous

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tabous - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atbous2tabbous1tabosu2tabouss1tabuos2taobus2tbaous2ttabous1
Edit distance from "tabous"

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 "tabous"?
"tabous" is spelled T-A-B-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.bu\.
What does "tabous" mean?
As an adjective, "tabous" means: Masculin pluriel de tabou.
What words are commonly confused with "tabous"?
"tabous" is commonly confused with "tous", "trous", "tacos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tabous"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabous" is \ta.bu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tabous" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tabous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tétons#22,128singer#22,098sillon#22,096sentis#22,092

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

terrier8 variantsveillée8 variantsvivier8 variantswallonne8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list