tas

/\tɑ\/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,392

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tas is aFrenchnoun. It means: Monceau, amas, accumulation de choses. Pronounced \tɑ\. It ranks #2,392 in French word frequency. Often confused with tu and te.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tas in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tas is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɑ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,392 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for tas in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "te", "TV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tas, spelled T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Frequency rank: #2,392 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.