tailler

/\tɑ.je\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,873

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

tailler is aFrenchverb. It means: Couper, retrancher d’une matière, en ôter avec le marteau, le ciseau, ou tout autre instrument, ce qu’il y a de superflu, pour lui donner une certaine forme, pour la rendre propre à tel ou tel usage. Pronounced \tɑ.je\. Often confused with Teller and trailer.

Key facts for tailler
PropertyValue
Headwordtailler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɑ.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,873
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tailler in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tailler is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɑ.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,873 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for tailler, with forms such as "atiller", "tailelr", and "tailer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Teller", "trailer", "taillés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tailler, spelled T-A-I-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couper, retrancher d’une matière, en ôter avec le marteau, le ciseau, ou tout autre instrument, ce qu’il y a de superflu, pour lui donner une certaine forme, pour la rendre propre à tel ou tel usage.
  2. 2
    Couper dans une étoffe ce qu’il faut pour confectionner une pièce d’habillement.
  3. 3
    Faire l’opération de la taille.
  4. 4
    Distribuer les cartes d'un jeu lors d'une partie.
  5. 5
    Distribuer les cartes et jouer seul contre tous les autres joueurs.
  6. 6
    Répartir l’impôt. Imposer.
  7. 7
    Déguerpir, s’enfuir.
  8. 8
    Réduire ; supprimer.
  9. 9
    Être grand ou petit pour la taille, en parlant d'un vêtement.
  10. 10
    Gagner, obtenir.
  11. 11
    Parler de quelqu’un en termes défavorables ou malveillants, généralement en son absence, en répandant des propos négatifs auprès de son entourage ou d’autres personnes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atiller,tailelr,tailer,taillerr,taillre,taliler,tialler,ttailler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tailler

Misspelling Variants of "tailler"

atiller7tailelr7tailer6taillerr8taillre7taliler7tialler7ttailler8
Misspelling Variants of "tailler"

Frequency rank: #12,873 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tailler"?
"tailler" is spelled T-A-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ.je\.
What does "tailler" mean?
As a verb, "tailler" means: Couper, retrancher d’une matière, en ôter avec le marteau, le ciseau, ou tout autre instrument, ce qu’il y a de superflu, pour lui donner une certaine forme, pour la rendre propre à tel ou tel usage.
What words are commonly confused with "tailler"?
"tailler" is commonly confused with "Teller", "trailer", "taillés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tailler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tailler" is \tɑ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tailler" come from?
"tailler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.