taxe foncière

\taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\

/\taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“taxe foncière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Impôt frappant le propriétaire d’un bien immobilier.

Key facts for taxe foncière
PropertyValue
Headwordtaxe foncière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “taxe foncière” sits in French frequency

taxe foncière falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taxe foncière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impôt frappant le propriétaire d’un bien immobilier.".

Zero misspellings are on record for taxe foncière in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is taxe foncière, spelled T-A-X-E- -F-O-N-C-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Impôt frappant le propriétaire d’un bien immobilier.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taxe foncière"?
"taxe foncière" is spelled T-A-X-E- -F-O-N-C-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\.
What does "taxe foncière" mean?
As a noun, "taxe foncière" means: Impôt frappant le propriétaire d’un bien immobilier.
How do you pronounce "taxe foncière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taxe foncière" is \taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taxe foncière" come from?
"taxe foncière" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “taxe foncière”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-A-X-E- -F-O-N-C-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \taks fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list