taïkonaute
\taj.ko.not\
The verdict
“taïkonaute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voyageur de l’espace ayant dépassé le niveau de vol 2650 (altitude de 80 km depuis le sol de la Terre) à bord d’une fusée chinoise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taikonaute · taïkonaute · French
taïkonaute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taïkonaute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taj.ko.not\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
taïkonaute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taj.ko.not\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voyageur de l’espace ayant dépassé le niveau de vol 2650 (altitude de 80 km depuis le sol de la Terre) à bord d’une fusée chinoise.".
taïkonaute doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 taïkonaute, spelled T-A-Ï-K-O-N-A-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Voyageur de l’espace ayant dépassé le niveau de vol 2650 (altitude de 80 km depuis le sol de la Terre) à bord d’une fusée chinoise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taïkonaute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Les conditions de l’environnement de vol sont appropriées pour garantir que les taïkonautes pourront effectuer des voyages spatiaux en toute sécurité”, a expliqué M. Zhou, qui est également membre du Comité national de la Conférence consultative politique du peuple chinois.
Petite sœur de la Station spatiale internationale qui est occupée en permanence depuis 2000, la station chinoise reçoit trois taïkonautes depuis 2021.
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.