appui-tête
\a.pɥi.tɛt\
The verdict
“appui-tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif destiné à appuyer et maintenir la tête, en particulier chez les coiffeurs, dentistes, photographes, etc. ou dans les véhicules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-appui-tete · appui-tête · French
appui-tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | appui-tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɥi.tɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appui-tête” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
appui-tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɥi.tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif destiné à appuyer et maintenir la tête, en particulier chez les coiffeurs, dentistes, photographes, etc. ou dans les véhicules.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for appui-tête in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is appui-tête, spelled A-P-P-U-I---T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dispositif destiné à appuyer et maintenir la tête, en particulier chez les coiffeurs, dentistes, photographes, etc. ou dans les véhicules.
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