talus

\ta.ly\

/\ta.ly\/ noun

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The verdict

“talus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,508
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pente, inclinaison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-talus · talus · French

talus · rank #25,508 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,508
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sétif

Nearest frequency peer: Sétif (-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 « talus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « talus » 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).

talus vs tas
60% similar
talus vs tau
60% similar
talus vs tus
60% similar

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

Key facts for talus
PropertyValue
Headwordtalus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.ly\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,508
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « talus »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).talusse 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 « Sétif » (#25,507), « Tchernobyl » (#25,509), « Swiss » (#25,506). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « talus » est au #25,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around talus (IPA \ta.ly\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,508 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for talus, with forms such as "atlus", "tallus", and "talsu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tas", "tau", "tus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is talus, spelled T-A-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pente, inclinaison.
  2. 2
    Façon de couper, de tailler ou de scier obliquement, en biseau ou en sifflet.
  3. 3
    Portion de terrain formant une pente inclinée, aménagé par des travaux de terrassement.
  4. 4
    Portion de terrain localement surélevée et souvent végétalisée pour en stabiliser la terre, utilisée comme séparation entre les parcelles dans les bocages.
  5. 5
    Terme utilisé pour décrire un mouvement de terrain en pente.
  6. 6
    Espace, sur la surface d’œil d’un caractère, entre la partie supérieure de l’œil et le bord supérieur du caractère (talus de tête) ; entre la partie inférieure de l’œil et le bord inférieur du caractère (talus de pied).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Donner du talus à un terrain.
  2. Les colonnes maya aux angles taillés en talus.

Synonyms

merlon

This word in other languages

embankment(English)talud(Español)Böschung(Deutsch)talude(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlus
  • tallus
  • talsu
  • taluss
  • tauls
  • tlaus
  • ttalus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atlus2tallus1talsu2taluss1tauls2tlaus2ttalus1
Edit distance from "talus"

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 "talus"?
"talus" is spelled T-A-L-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.ly\.
What does "talus" mean?
As a noun, "talus" means: Pente, inclinaison.
What words are commonly confused with "talus"?
"talus" is commonly confused with "tas", "tau", "tus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talus" is \ta.ly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talus" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sétif#25,507Swiss#25,506salés#25,492rêvée#25,490

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

triage7 variantsAmand7 variantsAndes7 variantsrafle7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list