tantale
\tɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“tantale” is uncommon French (frequency #58,977 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,977
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 73 et de symbole Ta qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de transition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tantale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tantale” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tantale is uncommon French at frequency #58,977 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tantale in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tantale, spelled T-A-N-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 73 et de symbole Ta qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de transition.
- 2Métal pur de cet élément, de couleur gris-bleu, très dur, lourd, ductile, très résistant aux acides.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “tantale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-N-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɑ̃.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.