tarauder
\ta.ʁo.de\
The verdict
“tarauder” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tailler, creuser en spirale une pièce de bois ou de métal, pour y pratiquer un pas de vis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tarauder · tarauder · French
tarauder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | tarauder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.ʁo.de\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tarauder » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tarauder is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.ʁo.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tarauder, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tarauder, spelled T-A-R-A-U-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tailler, creuser en spirale une pièce de bois ou de métal, pour y pratiquer un pas de vis.
- 2Tourmenter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarauder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les diverses pièces, taraudées et mortaisées sur la rive, étaient ensuite lancées isolément à la surface du petit lac, et là on les ajustait sans peine.
Il n’est de bruit qu’un ver qui taraude incessamment les boiseries et dans le plafond, la course d’un rongeur.
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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.