Taube
The verdict
“Taube” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avion autrichien monoplan à ailes et queue de pigeon employé dès 1912 à des fins militaires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taube · Taube · French
Taube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Taube |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Taube » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Taube is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avion autrichien monoplan à ailes et queue de pigeon employé dès 1912 à des fins militaires.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Taube, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Taube, spelled T-A-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Avion autrichien monoplan à ailes et queue de pigeon employé dès 1912 à des fins militaires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jour qu’un Taube avait jeté une bombe non loin de la résidence présidentielle, un moineau affolé par le bruit de l’explosion se réfugia dans le cabinet […]
Un Taube qui nous survole, avec l'aspect encrêpé et sinistre d'un corbeau, soulève la fusillade et même le canon.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.