talon aiguille
\ta.lɔ̃ ɛ.ɡɥij\
The verdict
“talon aiguille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Talon d’une chaussure, haut et mince.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talon aiguille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.lɔ̃ ɛ.ɡɥij\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “talon aiguille” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
talon aiguille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.lɔ̃ ɛ.ɡɥij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for talon aiguille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 talon aiguille, spelled T-A-L-O-N- -A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Talon d’une chaussure, haut et mince.
- 2Chaussure élevée par un tel talon.
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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.
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Using “talon aiguille”
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- The one correct French spelling is T-A-L-O-N- -A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.lɔ̃ ɛ.ɡɥij\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.