taoïste
\ta.ɔ.ist\
The verdict
“taoïste” is uncommon French (frequency #67,917 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,917
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au taoïsme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taoiste · taoïste · French
taoïste · rank #67,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,917
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tantra
Nearest frequency peer: tantra (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « taoïste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tamatave
Tamatave
32,087 corpus weight
- tantine
tantine
32,086 corpus weight
- tantra
tantra
32,085 corpus weight
- taoïste
taoïste
32,084 corpus weight
- tarlouze
tarlouze
32,083 corpus weight
- tatami
tatami
32,082 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « taoïste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taoïste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ta.ɔ.ist\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « taoïste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
taoïste is uncommon French at frequency #67,917 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ta.ɔ.ist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au taoïsme.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for taoïste, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is taoïste, spelled T-A-O-Ï-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif au taoïsme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taoïste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le rituel taoïste s’accomplit à l’intérieur de l’aire sacrée où toutes les divinités sont réunies autour du brûle-parfum, centre de la communauté religieuse, qui purifie, éclaire, et permet de communiquer avec les dieux.
Sous la photo, la légende disait qu’elle avait commencé à exposer ses founes et sa noune au soleil, suivant ainsi une supposée très vieille tradition taoïste, «l’ensoleillement périnéen».
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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