taras

\ta.ʁa\

/\ta.ʁa\/ verb

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The verdict

“taras” is uncommon French (frequency #80,701 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,701
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taras · taras · French

taras · rank #80,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,701
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tapissés

Nearest frequency peer: tapissés (-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 « taras »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « taras » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for taras
PropertyValue
Headwordtaras
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ta.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,701
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « taras » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tarastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tapissés » (#80,700), « tassel » (#80,702), « tapenade » (#80,699). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taras » est au #80,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taras is uncommon French at frequency #80,701 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarer.".

taras has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taras, spelled T-A-R-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taras"?
"taras" is spelled T-A-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.ʁa\.
What does "taras" mean?
As a verb, "taras" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarer.
How do you pronounce "taras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taras" is \ta.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taras" come from?
"taras" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "taras", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

teeth#80,706sébum#80,692Sumer#80,682spend#80,666

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list