taire

\tɛʁ\

/\tɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“taire” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,298
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas dire ; passer sous silence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taire · taire · French

taire · rank #5,298 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,298
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tables

Nearest frequency peer: tables (-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 « taire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taire » 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).

taire vs tir
60% similar
taire vs tre
60% similar
taire vs tie
60% similar

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

Key facts for taire
PropertyValue
Headwordtaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,298
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tairese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tables » (#5,297), « températures » (#5,299), « tranquillement » (#5,300). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taire » est au #5,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around taire (IPA \tɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,298 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for taire, with forms such as "atire", "taier", and "tairre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tir", "tre", "tie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taire, spelled T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ne pas dire ; passer sous silence.
  2. 2
    Maitriser un sentiment ; le contraindre au silence.
  3. 3
    (Utilisé uniquement dans faire taire) Ne pas faire de bruit ; en ce sens, il se dit des animaux, et généralement de tout ce qui est capable de faire du bruit.
  4. 4
    Garder le silence, s’abstenir de parler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il vous a bien dit telle chose, mais il vous en a tu beaucoup d’autres.
  2. C’est un homme sûr et qui ne dit jamais rien de ce qu’il faut taire.

Antonyms

direparlerrépliquer

This word in other languages

withhold(English)callar(Español)verschweigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atire
  • taier
  • tairre
  • tarie
  • tiare
  • ttaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atire2taier2tairre1tarie2tiare2ttaire1
Edit distance from "taire"

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 "taire"?
"taire" is spelled T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛʁ\.
What does "taire" mean?
As a verb, "taire" means: Ne pas dire ; passer sous silence.
What words are commonly confused with "taire"?
"taire" is commonly confused with "tir", "tre", "tie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taire" is \tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taire" come from?
"taire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vache#5,303white#5,307alger#5,311puits#5,282

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

west6 variantsRyan6 variantsRhin6 variantsporc6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list