taie
\tɛ\
The verdict
“taie” is uncommon French (frequency #53,020 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,020
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Linge en forme de sac, qui sert d’enveloppe à un oreiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taie · taie · French
taie · rank #53,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,020
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH séquelle
Nearest frequency peer: séquelle (-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 « taie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sélectionne…
sélectionnent
46,983 corpus weight
- séquelle
séquelle
46,982 corpus weight
- taie
taie
46,981 corpus weight
- talkie
talkie
46,980 corpus weight
- testant
testant
46,979 corpus weight
- teubé
teubé
46,978 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « taie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « taie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
taie is uncommon French at frequency #53,020 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for taie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is taie, spelled T-A-I-E.
Definition
- 1Linge en forme de sac, qui sert d’enveloppe à un oreiller.
- 2Tache blanche et opaque qui se forme quelquefois sur la cornée de l’œil à la suite d’une blessure ou d’une inflammation.
- 3Tache blanche et opaque qui se forme quelquefois sur la cornée de l’œil à la suite d’une blessure ou d’une inflammation.
- 4Écran de papier placé sur une ouverture privée de vitres, afin de servir notamment de protection contre le froid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la chambre, rien n’avait bougé. Seul, le désordre du lit pouvait sembler quelque peu insolite ; aussi Joseph prit-il soin de tirer les draps et les couvertures et secoua l’oreiller dans sa taie afin de rendre à tout son aspect normal.
Enfin elle se retrouva en position assise, un peu avachie, adossée à la tête de lit, les bras écartés en l’air, les reins calés contre l’oreiller trempé de sueur dans sa taie de coton froissée.
Synonyms
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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