talus

/\ta.ly\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,508

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

talus is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pente, inclinaison. Pronounced \ta.ly\. Often confused with tas and tau.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of talus in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for talus is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ta.ly\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,508 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for talus, with forms such as "atlus", "tallus", and "talsu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is talus, spelled T-A-L-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atlus,tallus,talsu,taluss,tauls,tlaus,ttalus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for talus

Misspelling Variants of "talus"

atlus5tallus6talsu5taluss6tauls5tlaus5ttalus6
Misspelling Variants of "talus"

Frequency rank: #25,508 in French

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?
"talus" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.