forte tête
\fɔʁ.tə tɛt\
The verdict
“forte 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 September 3, 2026) - Personne d’un esprit droit, de beaucoup de jugement, de beaucoup de capacité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forte-tete · forte tête · French
forte tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | forte tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.tə tɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « forte tête » en français
Rare enough to double-check
forte tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔʁ.tə tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for forte tête in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is forte tête, spelled F-O-R-T-E- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne d’un esprit droit, de beaucoup de jugement, de beaucoup de capacité.
- 2Personnage indiscipliné et qui ne conforme pas volontiers ses opinions et sa conduite aux idées reçues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forte tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est une des plus fortes têtes du tribunal.
Mais la plus forte tête du salon jaune était à coup sûr le commandant Sicardot, le beau-père d’Aristide. Taillé en Hercule, le visage rouge brique, couturé et planté de bouquets de poil gris, il comptait parmi les plus glorieuses ganaches de la grande armée.
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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.