thao
\ta.o\
The verdict
“thao” is uncommon French (frequency #95,396 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,396
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue de la famille austronésienne parlée à Taïwan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thao · thao · French
thao · rank #95,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,396
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH thaler
Nearest frequency peer: thaler (-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 « thao »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tergnier
Tergnier
4,609 corpus weight
- tez
tez
4,607 corpus weight
- thaler
thaler
4,606 corpus weight
- thao
thao
4,605 corpus weight
- Thessalonic…
Thessaloniciens
4,604 corpus weight
- thick
thick
4,603 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « thao » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.o\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « thao » en français
Rare enough to double-check
thao is uncommon French at frequency #95,396 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue de la famille austronésienne parlée à Taïwan.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for thao, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 thao, spelled T-H-A-O.
Definition
- 1Langue de la famille austronésienne parlée à Taïwan.
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.
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