tailor
\ˈteɪ.lə(ɹ)\
The verdict
“tailor” is uncommon French (frequency #84,358 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,358
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tailleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tailor · tailor · French
tailor · rank #84,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,358
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tagliatelles
Nearest frequency peer: tagliatelles (-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 « tailor »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Séez
Séez
15,648 corpus weight
- Taggart
Taggart
15,645 corpus weight
- tagliatelles
tagliatelles
15,644 corpus weight
- tailor
tailor
15,643 corpus weight
- taquets
taquets
15,639 corpus weight
- tarissent
tarissent
15,638 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tailor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tailor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈteɪ.lə(ɹ)\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tailor » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tailor is uncommon French at frequency #84,358 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈteɪ.lə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tailleur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tailor in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tailor, spelled T-A-I-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Tailleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tailor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My tailor is rich.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).