tasso

\ˈtas.so\

/\ˈtas.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“tasso” is uncommon French (frequency #85,310 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,310
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taux

Corpus desk

Index FR-tasso · tasso · French

tasso · rank #85,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,310
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tangentielle

Nearest frequency peer: tangentielle (-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 « tasso »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tasso
PropertyValue
Headwordtasso
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈtas.so\
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,310
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tasso » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tassotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tangentielle » (#85,309), « tempore » (#85,311), « tah » (#85,308). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tasso » est au #85,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tasso is uncommon French at frequency #85,310 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtas.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taux".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tasso, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tasso, spelled T-A-S-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taux

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. tasso di alfabetizzazione
  2. tasso di attualizzazione

Synonyms

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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 "tasso"?
"tasso" is spelled T-A-S-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈtas.so\.
What does "tasso" mean?
As a noun, "tasso" means: Taux
How do you pronounce "tasso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tasso" is \ˈtas.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tasso" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

terek#85,312Timur#85,320tinta#85,321spica#85,287

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list