tazer

\ta.ze\

/\ta.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“tazer” is uncommon French (frequency #92,251 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,251
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atteindre par un pistolet Taser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tazer · tazer · French

tazer · rank #92,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,251
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tatarstan

Nearest frequency peer: Tatarstan (-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 « tazer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tazer
PropertyValue
Headwordtazer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ta.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tazer » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Tatarstan » (#92,250), « taoïstes » (#92,249), « techs » (#92,253). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tazer » est au #92,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tazer is uncommon French at frequency #92,251 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Atteindre par un pistolet Taser.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tazer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tazer, spelled T-A-Z-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atteindre par un pistolet Taser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous êtes trop loin pour tazer ce prisonnier
  2. Il a été tazé...

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 "tazer"?
"tazer" is spelled T-A-Z-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.ze\.
What does "tazer" mean?
As a verb, "tazer" means: Atteindre par un pistolet Taser.
How do you pronounce "tazer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tazer" is \ta.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tazer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

techs#92,253tengo#92,256Theis#92,260thumb#92,263

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list