Taipei chinois

\taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\

/\taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\/ name

The verdict

“Taipei chinois” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - République de Chine (Taïwan), nom utilisé quand elle participe à des organisations internationales, pour éviter des conflits politiques avec la République populaire de Chine.

Key facts for Taipei chinois
PropertyValue
HeadwordTaipei chinois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Taipei chinois” sits in French frequency

Taipei chinois falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Taipei chinois is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "République de Chine (Taïwan), nom utilisé quand elle participe à des organisations internationales, pour éviter des conflits politiques avec la République populaire de Chine.".

Taipei chinois doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Taipei chinois, spelled T-A-I-P-E-I- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    République de Chine (Taïwan), nom utilisé quand elle participe à des organisations internationales, pour éviter des conflits politiques avec la République populaire de Chine.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Taipei chinois"?
"Taipei chinois" is spelled T-A-I-P-E-I- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\.
What does "Taipei chinois" mean?
As a proper noun, "Taipei chinois" means: République de Chine (Taïwan), nom utilisé quand elle participe à des organisations internationales, pour éviter des conflits politiques avec la République populaire de Chine.
How do you pronounce "Taipei chinois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Taipei chinois" is \taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Taipei chinois" come from?
"Taipei chinois" 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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Using “Taipei chinois”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-A-I-P-E-I- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \taj.pɛj ʃi.nwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list