taillis

\tɑ.ji\

/\tɑ.ji\/ adj

The verdict

“taillis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,638
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’adjectif n’est usité que dans la locution « bois taillis », le bois que l’on taille, que l’on coupe de temps en temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taillis · taillis · French

taillis · rank #47,638 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,638
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sérénade

Nearest frequency peer: sérénade (-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 « taillis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taillis » 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).

taillis vs treillis
75% similar
taillis vs taillé
71% similar
taillis vs tailler
71% similar

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

Key facts for taillis
PropertyValue
Headwordtaillis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɑ.ji\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,638
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taillis »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sérénade » (#47,637), « takes » (#47,639), « séminaristes » (#47,636). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taillis » est au #47,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around taillis (IPA \tɑ.ji\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,638 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "L’adjectif n’est usité que dans la locution « bois taillis », le bois que l’on taille, que l’on coupe de temps en temps.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for taillis, with forms such as "atillis", "tailils", and "tailis". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "treillis", "taillé", "tailler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is taillis, spelled T-A-I-L-L-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’adjectif n’est usité que dans la locution « bois taillis », le bois que l’on taille, que l’on coupe de temps en temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis, de l’autre côté du mur que troue, au fond du potager, une petite porte à secret, on trouve un bois taillis où l’avenue de hêtres, de droite et de gauche, aboutit.
  2. L’inspection aboutissait à la petite porte qui servait d’entrée aux visiteurs des ruines. Elle donnait sur un chemin creux resserré entre l’enceinte et un bois-taillis où se voyaient des carrières abandonnées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atillis
  • tailils
  • tailis
  • tailliss
  • taillsi
  • talilis
  • tiallis
  • ttaillis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taillis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atillis2tailils2tailis1tailliss1taillsi2talilis2tiallis2ttaillis1
Edit distance from "taillis"

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 "taillis"?
"taillis" is spelled T-A-I-L-L-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ.ji\.
What does "taillis" mean?
As an adjective, "taillis" means: L’adjectif n’est usité que dans la locution « bois taillis », le bois que l’on taille, que l’on coupe de temps en temps.
What words are commonly confused with "taillis"?
"taillis" is commonly confused with "treillis", "taillé", "tailler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taillis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taillis" is \tɑ.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taillis" come from?
"taillis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list