tas

\tɑ\

/\tɑ\/ noun

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The verdict

“tas” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,392) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,392
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monceau, amas, accumulation de choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tas · tas · French

tas · rank #2,392 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,392
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH surveillance

Nearest frequency peer: surveillance (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “tas”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “tas” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tas vs tu
33% similar
tas vs te
33% similar
tas vs TV
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tas
PropertyValue
Headwordtas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɑ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,392
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “tas” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tasse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « surveillance » (#2,391), « technologie » (#2,393), « spéciale » (#2,390). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tas is neighbouring look-alikes ("tu", "te", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \tɑ\. Frequency #2,392 among 3,703 “T” headwords. 13 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for tas in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "te", "TV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tas, spelled T-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monceau, amas, accumulation de choses.
  2. 2
    Abondance, multitude, grande quantité.
  3. 3
    Multitude de gens amassés ensemble.
  4. 4
    Pile de dames qu’on fait avant de commencer le jeu de trictrac.
  5. 5
    Petite enclume portative, qui sert aux orfèvres et à divers autres ouvriers, placée quelquefois sur le même billot qu’une grande.
  6. 6
    Masse d’un ouvrage en construction.
  7. 7
    Matrice dont se servent les boutonniers.
  8. 8
    Bloc d’acier sur lequel on essaye la sonorité des monnaies frappées.
  9. 9
    Tasseau en pierre horizontalement placé sur une colonne, un pilier, etc., et qui supporte un arc, une voûte, etc.
  10. 10
    Place sur laquelle on raccorde, dans le bâtiment, une pièce que l’on pose.
  11. 11
    Personne obèse et disgracieuse.
  12. 12
    Coup.
  13. 13
    Zone de la mémoire où sont situés les objets alloués dynamiquement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les graines, après être restées en tas quelques heures pendant lesquelles on les a pelletées constamment, sont placées dans un alambic.
  2. On verse sur le tas ou dans le composteur tous les déchets végétaux du jardin en évitant le branchage d’un trop gros diamètre.

Synonyms

amasmonceau

This word in other languages

bunch(English)montón(Español)Miete(Deutsch)pilha(Português)

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 "tas"?
"tas" is spelled T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ\.
What does "tas" mean?
As a noun, "tas" means: Monceau, amas, accumulation de choses.
What words are commonly confused with "tas"?
"tas" is commonly confused with "tu", "te", "TV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tas" is \tɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tas" come from?
"tas" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eut#2,421one#2,436pen#2,325uni#2,303

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list