la tête en bas
\la tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ ba\
The verdict
“la tête en bas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l’envers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-tete-en-bas · la tête en bas · French
la tête en bas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | la tête en bas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \la tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ ba\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « la tête en bas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
la tête en bas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \la tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À l’envers.".
Zero misspellings are on record for la tête en bas in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is la tête en bas, spelled L-A- -T-Ê-T-E- -E-N- -B-A-S.
Definition
- 1À l’envers.
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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.