Taprobane
\ta.pʁo.ban\
The verdict
“Taprobane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taprobane · Taprobane · French
Taprobane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Taprobane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ta.pʁo.ban\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Taprobane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Taprobane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ta.pʁo.ban\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Taprobane in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Taprobane, spelled T-A-P-R-O-B-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom du Sri Lanka.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taprobane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les anciens, à savoir, Pomponius-Mela, Strabon, Pline & Ptolomée, ont donné des descriptions si peu ressemblantes de Taprobane, que plusieurs habiles gens ont douté, si l’île de Taprobane de Pline étoit la même que celle de Ptolomée.
[…] la tradition ne nous a conservé que la mémoire de la submersion de la Taprobane, terre située dans le voisinage de la zone torride, et par conséquent trop éloignée pour avoir influé sur cette séparation des continents vers le nord.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.