tardez

\taʁ.de\

/\taʁ.de\/ verb

The verdict

“tardez” is uncommon French (frequency #64,817 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,817
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tarder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tardez · tardez · French

tardez · rank #64,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,817
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tapa

Nearest frequency peer: tapa (-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 « tardez »

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 « tardez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tardez
PropertyValue
Headwordtardez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\taʁ.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tardez » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tardeztombe 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: « tapa » (#64,816), « tatoueurs » (#64,818), « tanker » (#64,815). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tardez » est au #64,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tardez is uncommon French at frequency #64,817 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \taʁ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tardez, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tardez, spelled T-A-R-D-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tarder.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de tarder.

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 "tardez"?
"tardez" is spelled T-A-R-D-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁ.de\.
What does "tardez" mean?
As a verb, "tardez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tarder.
How do you pronounce "tardez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tardez" is \taʁ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tardez" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list