taurin
\to.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“taurin” is uncommon French (frequency #94,327 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,327
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux taureaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taurin · taurin · French
taurin · rank #94,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,327
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Taschen
Nearest frequency peer: Taschen (-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 « taurin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tamiser
tamiser
5,677 corpus weight
- tapissiers
tapissiers
5,676 corpus weight
- Taschen
Taschen
5,675 corpus weight
- taurin
taurin
5,674 corpus weight
- taxidermie
taxidermie
5,673 corpus weight
- TechCrunch
TechCrunch
5,672 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « taurin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taurin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \to.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « taurin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
taurin is uncommon French at frequency #94,327 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \to.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for taurin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taurin, spelled T-A-U-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux taureaux.
- 2Relatif au bœuf domestique.
- 3Relatif aux jeux utilisant des taureaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how taurin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… et quant au bœuf … — C'est pas un bœuf, puisque c'est un veau ! reprenait la vieille. — C'est pas un veau, puisque vous dites toutes qu'il a des cornes. Allons, faut dire que c'est un taurin (taureau). — Dites comme vous voudrez, je ne veux pas parler de ça avec vous.
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.
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