tache solaire
\taʃ sɔ.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“tache solaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zones sombres visibles sur le Soleil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tache-solaire · tache solaire · French
tache solaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tache solaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʃ sɔ.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tache solaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tache solaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʃ sɔ.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tache solaire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tache solaire, spelled T-A-C-H-E- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Zones sombres visibles sur le Soleil.
- 2Lentigo dû à l’exposition au soleil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tache solaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1908, l’astronome états-unien George Ellery Hale découvrit que les taches solaires sont directement liées à des champs magnétiques intenses présents à la surface de notre étoile.
Les taches brunes du dos des mains dites « fleurs de cimetière » sont des taches solaires, c’est-à-dire des lentigos solaires plus que des taches de sénescence.
Synonyms
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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.