tarabiscoté
The verdict
“tarabiscoté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très irrégulier, qui donne l’impression d’avoir été travaillé au tarabiscot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tarabiscote · tarabiscoté · French
tarabiscoté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | tarabiscoté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tarabiscoté » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tarabiscoté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tarabiscoté has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tarabiscoté, spelled T-A-R-A-B-I-S-C-O-T-É.
Definition
- 1Très irrégulier, qui donne l’impression d’avoir été travaillé au tarabiscot.
- 2Exagérément compliqué.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarabiscoté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Monaco. […] À gauche, le casino dressait son gâteau de riz tarabiscoté, dans la garniture d’angélique des palmiers trop verts.
Certaines [poupées] étaient nues, d’autres habillées – pittoresques costumes de paysannes, vêtements romantiques tarabiscotés, gants, chapeaux, ombrelles.
Synonyms
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.