tacle

\takl\

/\takl\/ noun

The verdict

“tacle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,432
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de reprendre avec le pied le ballon en possession de l’adversaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tacle · tacle · French

tacle · rank #22,432 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,432
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tchèques

Nearest frequency peer: tchèques (+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 « tacle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tacle » 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).

tacle vs tal
60% similar
tacle vs tae
60% similar
tacle vs TCL
0% similar

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

Key facts for tacle
PropertyValue
Headwordtacle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\takl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,432
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tacle »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).taclese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tchèques » (#22,433), « systématiques » (#22,430), « templiers » (#22,434). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tacle » est au #22,432. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tacle (IPA \takl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,432 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de reprendre avec le pied le ballon en possession de l’adversaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tacle, with forms such as "atcle", "taccle", and "tacel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tal", "tae", "TCL", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tacle, spelled T-A-C-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de reprendre avec le pied le ballon en possession de l’adversaire.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atcle
  • taccle
  • tacel
  • taclle
  • talce
  • tcale
  • ttacle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tacle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atcle2taccle1tacel2taclle1talce2tcale2ttacle1
Edit distance from "tacle"

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 "tacle"?
"tacle" is spelled T-A-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \takl\.
What does "tacle" mean?
As a noun, "tacle" means: Action de reprendre avec le pied le ballon en possession de l’adversaire.
What words are commonly confused with "tacle"?
"tacle" is commonly confused with "tal", "tae", "TCL". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tacle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tacle" is \takl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tacle" come from?
"tacle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list