taureau

/\tɔ.ʁo\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,395

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

taureau is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mâle reproducteur de l’espèce bovine dont la femelle est la vache. Pronounced \tɔ.ʁo\. It ranks #9,395 in French word frequency. Often confused with Trudeau and terreau.

Key facts for taureau
PropertyValue
Headwordtaureau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.ʁo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,395
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for taureau is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔ.ʁo\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,395 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for taureau, with forms such as "atureau", "tarueau", and "tauerau". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Trudeau", "terreau", "taureaux", 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 taureau, spelled T-A-U-R-E-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mâle reproducteur de l’espèce bovine dont la femelle est la vache.
  2. 2
    Le taureau de combat, race de cette espèce sélectionnée et élevée pour la tauromachie.
  3. 3
    Mâle reproducteur des élans.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement passant, vilené, avec la queue au-dessus du dos, contrairement à la vache qui a la queue le long du flanc. À rapprocher de bison, bœuf, buffle et vache.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atureau,tarueau,tauerau,tauraeu,taureua,taurreau,ttaureau,tuareau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for taureau

Misspelling Variants of "taureau"

atureau7tarueau7tauerau7tauraeu7taureua7taurreau8ttaureau8tuareau7
Misspelling Variants of "taureau"

Frequency rank: #9,395 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taureau"?
"taureau" is spelled T-A-U-R-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ʁo\.
What does "taureau" mean?
As a noun, "taureau" means: Mâle reproducteur de l’espèce bovine dont la femelle est la vache.
What words are commonly confused with "taureau"?
"taureau" is commonly confused with "Trudeau", "terreau", "taureaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taureau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taureau" is \tɔ.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taureau" come from?
"taureau" 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.