tajine
\ta.ʒin\
The verdict
“tajine” is uncommon French (frequency #51,171 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,171
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de tagine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tajine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.ʒin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tajine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tajine is uncommon French at frequency #51,171 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.ʒin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de tagine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tajine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 tajine, spelled T-A-J-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de tagine.
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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Using “tajine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-J-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.ʒin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.