taxidermie

\tak.si.dɛʁ.mi\

/\tak.si.dɛʁ.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“taxidermie” is uncommon French (frequency #94,328 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,328
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art visant à préserver et reconstituer l’enveloppe externe d’un animal mort (peau, plumes, pelage) afin de lui donner une posture réaliste à des fins scientifiques, décoratives ou pédagogiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taxidermie · taxidermie · French

taxidermie · rank #94,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,328
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH taurin

Nearest frequency peer: taurin (-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 « taxidermie »

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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « taxidermie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for taxidermie
PropertyValue
Headwordtaxidermie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tak.si.dɛʁ.mi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « taxidermie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).taxidermietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « taurin » (#94,327), « TechCrunch » (#94,329), « Taschen » (#94,326). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taxidermie » est au #94,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taxidermie is uncommon French at frequency #94,328 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tak.si.dɛʁ.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for taxidermie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taxidermie, spelled T-A-X-I-D-E-R-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art visant à préserver et reconstituer l’enveloppe externe d’un animal mort (peau, plumes, pelage) afin de lui donner une posture réaliste à des fins scientifiques, décoratives ou pédagogiques.
  2. 2
    Action de conserver artificiellement une apparence vivante ou authentique à ce qui est en réalité figé, mort ou vidé de sa substance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis son origine (XVIIIᵉ siècle), la taxidermie montre une grande variété techniques dans les différentes opérations conduisant d'un individu vivant à la réalisation d'un spécimen naturalisé.
  2. La taxidermie est un art à part entière, aussi nommé empaillage ou naturalisation. Il nous est tous arrivé, dans un musée, de contempler avec fascination des animaux naturalisés.

Synonyms

empaillagenaturalisation

This word in other languages

taxidermy(English)

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 "taxidermie"?
"taxidermie" is spelled T-A-X-I-D-E-R-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tak.si.dɛʁ.mi\.
What does "taxidermie" mean?
As a noun, "taxidermie" means: Art visant à préserver et reconstituer l’enveloppe externe d’un animal mort (peau, plumes, pelage) afin de lui donner une posture réaliste à des fins scientifiques, décoratives ou pédagogiques.
How do you pronounce "taxidermie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taxidermie" is \tak.si.dɛʁ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

TechCrunch#94,329tapissiers#94,325sépulcrale#94,318Thérouanne#94,338

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list