taulier

\to.lje\

/\to.lje\/ noun

The verdict

“taulier” is uncommon French (frequency #63,400 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,400
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patron, gérant d’un hôtel ou d’un restaurant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taulier · taulier · French

taulier · rank #63,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,400
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tapaient

Nearest frequency peer: tapaient (-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 « taulier »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for taulier
PropertyValue
Headwordtaulier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\to.lje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « taulier » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tauliertombe 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: « tapaient » (#63,399), « tauromachie » (#63,401), « taboulé » (#63,398). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taulier » est au #63,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taulier is uncommon French at frequency #63,400 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \to.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

taulier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 taulier, spelled T-A-U-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Patron, gérant d’un hôtel ou d’un restaurant.
  2. 2
    Patron d’une maison close, d’un lupanar.
  3. 3
    Patron en général (au sens propre comme au sens figuré).
  4. 4
    Commissaire de police.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le verre: Le taulier donne à gouloter ce qu'il aime, soit 300 références de vins d'auteur et 14 jajas au verre (entre 5,5 et 12,50 euros les 12 cl).
  2. Nous partions à l’aube du refuge ou de l’auberge. Parfois le taulier nous avançait d’une dizaine de kilomètres jusqu’au versant à gravir.

Synonyms

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 "taulier"?
"taulier" is spelled T-A-U-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \to.lje\.
What does "taulier" mean?
As a noun, "taulier" means: Patron, gérant d’un hôtel ou d’un restaurant.
How do you pronounce "taulier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taulier" is \to.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taulier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list