talks

\tok\

/\tok\/ noun

The verdict

“talks” is uncommon French (frequency #56,964 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,964
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de talk.

Corpus desk

Index FR-talks · talks · French

talks · rank #56,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,964
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH taka

Nearest frequency peer: taka (-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 « talks »

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 « talks » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for talks
PropertyValue
Headwordtalks
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tok\
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « talks » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.talkstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « taka » (#56,963), « tapi » (#56,965), « tardi » (#56,966). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « talks » est au #56,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

talks is uncommon French at frequency #56,964 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tok\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de talk.".

Zero misspellings are on record for talks in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is talks, spelled T-A-L-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de talk.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au menu : des tables rondes, dont celles animées par notre journaliste Lise Abou Mansour, à qui l’on doit la rubrique Ma tête et moi (la première traite du coming-out, la seconde a pour thème Filmer la psychanalyse), des ateliers interactifs, des talks.

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 "talks"?
"talks" is spelled T-A-L-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tok\.
What does "talks" mean?
As a noun, "talks" means: Pluriel de talk.
How do you pronounce "talks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talks" is \tok\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talks" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "talks", 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