talapoin
\ta.la.pwɛ̃\
The verdict
“talapoin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moine ou prêtre bouddhiste de Thaïlande ou de Birmanie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-talapoin · talapoin · French
talapoin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talapoin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.la.pwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « talapoin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
talapoin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.la.pwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moine ou prêtre bouddhiste de Thaïlande ou de Birmanie.".
No misspelling variants are generated for talapoin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 talapoin, spelled T-A-L-A-P-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Moine ou prêtre bouddhiste de Thaïlande ou de Birmanie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how talapoin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« En talapoins, chère amie ! On les habillera en ta-la-poins! »
Les talapoins en robe safran chantent d’une voix de ventriloque entre les chedi, gros gâteaux las déjà d’avoir tant d’ailes.
Synonyms
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.