blé de Turquie
\ble də tyʁ.ki\
The verdict
“blé de Turquie” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné improprement au maïs, qui est originaire non de la Turquie, mais du Nouveau Monde.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blé de Turquie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ble də tyʁ.ki\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blé de Turquie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for blé de Turquie is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ble də tyʁ.ki\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for blé de Turquie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is blé de Turquie, spelled B-L-É- -D-E- -T-U-R-Q-U-I-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné improprement au maïs, qui est originaire non de la Turquie, mais du Nouveau Monde.
- 2Nom donné au sarrasin.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "blé de Turquie"?
What does "blé de Turquie" mean?
How do you pronounce "blé de Turquie"?
What language does "blé de Turquie" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “blé de Turquie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-L-É- -D-E- -T-U-R-Q-U-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ble də tyʁ.ki\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.