tacher
\ta.ʃe\
The verdict
“tacher” is uncommon French (frequency #61,176 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,176
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souiller, salir, faire une tache.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tacher · tacher · French
tacher · rank #61,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,176
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tamisée
Nearest frequency peer: tamisée (+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 « tacher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- surseoir
surseoir
38,828 corpus weight
- susvisée
susvisée
38,827 corpus weight
- tacher
tacher
38,825 corpus weight
- tamisée
tamisée
38,824 corpus weight
- Tananarive
Tananarive
38,823 corpus weight
- tardait
tardait
38,822 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tacher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tacher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tacher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tacher is uncommon French at frequency #61,176 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tacher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tacher, spelled T-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Souiller, salir, faire une tache.
- 2Souiller moralement. Marquer, ternir, entacher, gâcher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tacher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela a taché votre habit.
Tacher du linge avec de l’encre.
This word in other languages
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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