Taizé

\tɛ.ze\

/\tɛ.ze\/ name

The verdict

“Taizé” is uncommon French (frequency #65,557 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,557
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune de Saône-et-Loire, en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taize · Taizé · French

Taizé · rank #65,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,557
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH taboo

Nearest frequency peer: taboo (-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 « Taizé »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Taizé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Taizé
PropertyValue
HeadwordTaizé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tɛ.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Taizé » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Taizétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « taboo » (#65,556), « tapir » (#65,558), « tassée » (#65,559). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Taizé » est au #65,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Taizé is uncommon French at frequency #65,557 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tɛ.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Taizé, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Taizé, spelled T-A-I-Z-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune de Saône-et-Loire, en France.
  2. 2
    Ancien nom de la commune de Taizé-Maulais jusqu’en janvier 2016.

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 "Taizé"?
"Taizé" is spelled T-A-I-Z-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ze\.
What does "Taizé" mean?
As a proper noun, "Taizé" means: Commune de Saône-et-Loire, en France.
How do you pronounce "Taizé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Taizé" is \tɛ.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Taizé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list