taureaux

\tɔ.ʁo\

/\tɔ.ʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“taureaux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,116
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de taureau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taureaux · taureaux · French

taureaux · rank #22,116 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,116
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tampons

Nearest frequency peer: tampons (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « taureaux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « taureaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

taureaux vs terreaux
75% similar
taureaux vs taureau
88% similar
taureaux vs tableaux
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for taureaux
PropertyValue
Headwordtaureaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.ʁo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,116
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taureaux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).taureauxse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tampons » (#22,115), « terriens » (#22,117), « tabous » (#22,114). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taureaux » est au #22,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around taureaux (IPA \tɔ.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,116 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de taureau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for taureaux, with forms such as "atureaux", "tarueaux", and "taueraux". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "terreaux", "taureau", "tableaux", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is taureaux, spelled T-A-U-R-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de taureau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Déjà, vers la fin du XVᵉ siècle, la reine Isabelle la Catholique, sollicitée par les Cortès d’atténuer tout au moins le danger des corridas en ordonnant d’embouler les cornes des taureaux, s’y était refusée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atureaux
  • tarueaux
  • taueraux
  • tauraeux
  • taureauxx
  • taureaxu
  • taureuax
  • taurreaux
  • ttaureaux
  • tuareaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taureaux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atureaux2tarueaux2taueraux2tauraeux2taureauxx1taureaxu2taureuax2taurreaux1
Edit distance from "taureaux"

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 "taureaux"?
"taureaux" is spelled T-A-U-R-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ʁo\.
What does "taureaux" mean?
As a noun, "taureaux" means: Pluriel de taureau.
What words are commonly confused with "taureaux"?
"taureaux" is commonly confused with "terreaux", "taureau", "tableaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taureaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taureaux" is \tɔ.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taureaux" come from?
"taureaux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

terriens#22,117traiteur#22,123tramways#22,124sociable#22,099

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tétons10 variantsvapeurs10 variantssamouraï10 variantsaccentué10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list