talonneur

\ta.lɔ.nœʁ\

/\ta.lɔ.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“talonneur” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,820
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joueur évoluant au centre de la première ligne de mêlée, portant généralement le numéro 2.

Corpus desk

Index FR-talonneur · talonneur · French

talonneur · rank #48,820 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,820
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH taffer

Nearest frequency peer: taffer (-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 « talonneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « talonneur » 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
Key facts for talonneur
PropertyValue
Headwordtalonneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.lɔ.nœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,820
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « talonneur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.talonneurse 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 « taffer » (#48,819), « tari » (#48,822), « séparateur » (#48,817). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « talonneur » est au #48,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around talonneur (IPA \ta.lɔ.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,820 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for talonneur, with forms such as "atlonneur", "tallonneur", and "talnoneur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is talonneur, spelled T-A-L-O-N-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Joueur évoluant au centre de la première ligne de mêlée, portant généralement le numéro 2.
  2. 2
    Désigne un chien ou une race de chien de berger ou bouvier qui pince les jarrets du bétail pour le conduire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le talonneur Peato Mauvaka, l’arrière Melvyn Jaminet, l’ailier Matthis Lebel et le centre Pierre-Louis Barassi ont été ménagés lors de la séance d’entraînement du XV de France, mardi, à quelques jours d’affronter l’Angleterre dans le Tournoi des VI Nations.
  2. Les doutes autour de l’état de santé de Dan Sheehan persistent, le talonneur du Leinster est resté à Dublin pour évaluer la gravité de sa blessure au pied qui l’avait contraint à quitter le terrain en première mi-temps contre l’Angleterre.

This word in other languages

hooker(English)Hakler(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlonneur
  • tallonneur
  • talnoneur
  • talonenur
  • taloneur
  • talonneru
  • talonneurr
  • talonnuer
  • taolnneur
  • tlaonneur
  • ttalonneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talonneur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atlonneur2tallonneur1talnoneur2talonenur2taloneur1talonneru2talonneurr1talonnuer2
Edit distance from "talonneur"

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 "talonneur"?
"talonneur" is spelled T-A-L-O-N-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.lɔ.nœʁ\.
What does "talonneur" mean?
As a noun, "talonneur" means: Joueur évoluant au centre de la première ligne de mêlée, portant généralement le numéro 2.
What are common misspellings of "talonneur"?
Common misspellings include "atlonneur", "tallonneur", "talnoneur", "talonenur", "taloneur". The correct spelling is "talonneur".
How do you pronounce "talonneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talonneur" is \ta.lɔ.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talonneur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

soudures11 variantsVallauris11 variantsrégressé11 variantsremanier11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list