taliban

\ta.li.bɑ̃\

/\ta.li.bɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“taliban” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,560
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En rapport avec les fondamentalistes sunnites.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taliban · taliban · French

taliban · rank #41,560 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,560
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tabacs

Nearest frequency peer: tabacs (-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 « taliban »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taliban » 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).

taliban vs talion
71% similar
taliban vs talibans
88% similar
taliban vs talisman
75% similar

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

Key facts for taliban
PropertyValue
Headwordtaliban
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ta.li.bɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,560
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taliban »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tabacs » (#41,559), « taquin » (#41,561), « syndromes » (#41,558). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taliban » est au #41,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around taliban (IPA \ta.li.bɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,560 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "En rapport avec les fondamentalistes sunnites.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for taliban, with forms such as "atliban", "tailban", and "talbian". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "talion", "talibans", "talisman", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is taliban, spelled T-A-L-I-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    En rapport avec les fondamentalistes sunnites.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mouvement taliban.
  2. Sous le précédent régime taliban, jeux, musique, photographie et télévision étaient interdits. Les voleurs avaient les mains coupées, les meurtriers étaient exécutés en public et les homosexuels tués.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atliban
  • tailban
  • talbian
  • taliabn
  • talibann
  • talibban
  • talibna
  • talliban
  • tlaiban
  • ttaliban

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taliban - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atliban2tailban2talbian2taliabn2talibann1talibban1talibna2talliban1
Edit distance from "taliban"

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 "taliban"?
"taliban" is spelled T-A-L-I-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.li.bɑ̃\.
What does "taliban" mean?
As an adjective, "taliban" means: En rapport avec les fondamentalistes sunnites.
What words are commonly confused with "taliban"?
"taliban" is commonly confused with "talion", "talibans", "talisman". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taliban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taliban" is \ta.li.bɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taliban" come from?
"taliban" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supplié#41,555squatte#41,547spatule#41,544smileys#41,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

sucettes10 variantstourneur10 variantsvariety10 variantsvermeil10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list