tavaillon
\ta.va.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“tavaillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planchette de sapin refendu, pour couvrir les maisons ou habiller les façades.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tavaillon · tavaillon · French
tavaillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | tavaillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.va.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tavaillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.va.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planchette de sapin refendu, pour couvrir les maisons ou habiller les façades.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tavaillon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tavaillon, spelled T-A-V-A-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Planchette de sapin refendu, pour couvrir les maisons ou habiller les façades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tavaillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les tavaillons et en général le bois et le chaume donnent à l'eau une couleur rousse et un goût désagréable.
Elle sonnait le tocsin comme pour le feu qui trop souvent incendiait nos maisons couvertes de tavaillons et de chaume.
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.