tache

\taʃ\

/\taʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tache” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,314
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souillure sur quelque chose ; marque qui salit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tache · tache · French

tache · rank #8,314 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,314
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH stratégiques

Nearest frequency peer: stratégiques (-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 « tache »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tache » 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).

tache vs thé
40% similar
tache vs tae
60% similar
tache vs taxe
60% similar

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

Key facts for tache
PropertyValue
Headwordtache
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\taʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,314
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tache »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tachese 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 « stratégiques » (#8,313), « techniciens » (#8,315), « spectaculaire » (#8,312). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tache » est au #8,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tache (IPA \taʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,314 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tache, with forms such as "atche", "tacche", and "taceh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "thé", "tae", "taxe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 tache, spelled T-A-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souillure sur quelque chose ; marque qui salit.
  2. 2
    Flétrissure qui blesse l’honneur, la réputation.
  3. 3
    Marque naturelle qui paraît sur la peau ou sur certains organes → voir tache de rousseur et tache de vin.
  4. 4
    Marque naturelle sur la robe d'un animal.
  5. 5
    Dans un sens analogue, certaines parties des végétaux.
  6. 6
    Se dit en outre de certaines parties obscures sur le disque du Soleil, de la Lune, des planètes et des satellites.
  7. 7
    Masse de couleur sans transparence et sans harmonie avec le reste du tableau.
  8. 8
    Défaut qui dépare un ouvrage, spécialement un ouvrage de l’esprit.
  9. 9
    Personne sans consistance, inutile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — L’immoralité du siècle était hypocrite et se répandait lentement comme une tache d’huile, souillant son village.
  2. Pour enlever les taches qui peuvent être faites sur les doigts avec le désensibilisateur, il suffit de les frotter avec un tampon d’ouate imbibé d’acétone.

Synonyms

bougnettesalissureangiometachon

This word in other languages

stain(English)mancha(Español)Fleck(Deutsch)mancha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atche
  • tacche
  • taceh
  • tachhe
  • tahce
  • tcahe
  • ttache

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tache - 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.

atche2tacche1taceh2tachhe1tahce2tcahe2ttache1
Edit distance from "tache"

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 "tache"?
"tache" is spelled T-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \taʃ\.
What does "tache" mean?
As a noun, "tache" means: Souillure sur quelque chose ; marque qui salit.
What words are commonly confused with "tache"?
"tache" is commonly confused with "thé", "tae", "taxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tache" is \taʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tache" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

silva#8,309secte#8,308vélos#8,321sages#8,306

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

aidera7 variantsappelles7 variantsrejette7 variantsbattus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list