baguette de tambour
\ba.ɡɛt də tɑ̃.buʁ\
The verdict
“baguette de tambour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baguette servant à frapper le tambour, la batterie, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baguette-de-tambour · baguette de tambour · French
baguette de tambour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | baguette de tambour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ɡɛt də tɑ̃.buʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
baguette de tambour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ɡɛt də tɑ̃.buʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Baguette servant à frapper le tambour, la batterie, etc.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for baguette de tambour, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is baguette de tambour, spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E- -D-E- -T-A-M-B-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Baguette servant à frapper le tambour, la batterie, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how baguette de tambour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Sam était allongé sur le canapé du salon et tapait sur un tambour coincé entre ses genoux. Quand il m’a vue, il s’est arrêté pendant trois secondes pour dire des choses profondes. “Tu sais que les pattes de poulets sont aussi appelées baguettes de tambour ? […]”
This word in other languages
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.