tavillon
\ta.vi.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“tavillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planchette pour recouvrir les toits et les façades ; bardeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tavillon · tavillon · French
tavillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tavillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.vi.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tavillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tavillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.vi.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planchette pour recouvrir les toits et les façades ; bardeau.".
tavillon has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tavillon, spelled T-A-V-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Planchette pour recouvrir les toits et les façades ; bardeau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tavillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un tout autre monde ; quand on y pénètre, celui qui nous entoure, avec ses pommiers et ses tilleuls, ses maisons proprettes aux toits de tavillon semblables à des mantelets, celui du babil des femmes autour du puits, des vignes dont les bataillons parten à l’assaut des collines vers la ville de Lausanne, ce monde devient le royaume des ombres.
Une toiture en tavillons.
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.