taciturne

\ta.si.tyʁn\

/\ta.si.tyʁn\/ adj

The verdict

“taciturne” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,763
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de tempérament, d’humeur à parler peu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taciturne · taciturne · French

taciturne · rank #44,763 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,763
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sénéchaussée

Nearest frequency peer: sénéchaussée (-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 « taciturne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taciturne » 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
Key facts for taciturne
PropertyValue
Headwordtaciturne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ta.si.tyʁn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,763
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taciturne »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).taciturnese 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 « sénéchaussée » (#44,762), « tacler » (#44,764), « sédimentaire » (#44,760). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taciturne » est au #44,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around taciturne (IPA \ta.si.tyʁn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,763 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for taciturne, with forms such as "atciturne", "tacciturne", and "tacitrune". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is taciturne, spelled T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de tempérament, d’humeur à parler peu.
  2. 2
    Qui a le caractère du silence, qui ne laisse rien exprimer.
  3. 3
    Qui rend d’humeur à parler peu, qui rend silencieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle ne comprenait rien au caractère de son mari ; mais, de doux et bienveillant qu’elle l’avait toujours connu, il était devenu défiant et taciturne.
  2. Le vieux matelot, assez taciturne de sa nature, la barre engagée sous le bras, se tenait silencieux à l’arrière de l’embarcation.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atciturne
  • tacciturne
  • tacitrune
  • tacitturne
  • tacitunre
  • tacituren
  • taciturnne
  • taciturrne
  • taciutrne
  • tactiurne
  • taicturne
  • tcaiturne
  • ttaciturne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atciturne2tacciturne1tacitrune2tacitturne1tacitunre2tacituren2taciturnne1taciturrne1
Edit distance from "taciturne"

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 "taciturne"?
"taciturne" is spelled T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.si.tyʁn\.
What does "taciturne" mean?
As an adjective, "taciturne" means: Qui est de tempérament, d’humeur à parler peu.
What are common misspellings of "taciturne"?
Common misspellings include "atciturne", "tacciturne", "tacitrune", "tacitturne", "tacitunre". The correct spelling is "taciturne".
How do you pronounce "taciturne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taciturne" is \ta.si.tyʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taciturne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list