taciturnité

\ta.si.tyʁ.ni.te\

/\ta.si.tyʁ.ni.te\/ noun

The verdict

“taciturnité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Humeur, tempérament ou état d’une personne taciturne.

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Index FR-taciturnite · taciturnité · French

taciturnité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for taciturnité
PropertyValue
Headwordtaciturnité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.si.tyʁ.ni.te\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « taciturnité » en français

taciturnitéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taciturnité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.si.tyʁ.ni.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Humeur, tempérament ou état d’une personne taciturne.".

taciturnité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is taciturnité, spelled T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Humeur, tempérament ou état d’une personne taciturne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comment ne l’eût-on pas fui, quand déjà son extérieur, sa taciturnité, la vue de son fils, suffisaient et au delà à éteindre aussitôt dans tous les esprits jusqu’à la velléité de le connaître intimement ?
  2. Il semble que la colère ne produise pas la taciturnité. Car la taciturnité est opposée à la parole.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taciturnité"?
"taciturnité" is spelled T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.si.tyʁ.ni.te\.
What does "taciturnité" mean?
As a noun, "taciturnité" means: Humeur, tempérament ou état d’une personne taciturne.
How do you pronounce "taciturnité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taciturnité" is \ta.si.tyʁ.ni.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list