taré
\ta.ʁe\
The verdict
“taré” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,521 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,521
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a été comparé à une référence.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ta.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taré” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for taré is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ta.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,521 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for taré, with forms such as "atré", "tare", and "tarré". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "te", "tué", "tas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is taré, spelled T-A-R-É.
Definition
- 1Qui a été comparé à une référence.
- 2Se dit d'un arbre dont le bois est défectueux.
- 3Qui est corrompu, qui est perdu de réputation.
- 4Dangereux, sans vergogne, un peu fou.
- 5Taré, en termes de Blason, se dit de la position du heaume ou timbre de l’écu. Taré de front. Taré de côté ou de profil. (5e édition du dictionnaire de l'Académie française).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atré,tare,tarré,taér,traé,ttaré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taré - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “taré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “te” - see the side-by-side comparison. taré vs te
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.