marchand de tabac
\maʁ.ʃɑ̃ də ta.ba\
The verdict
“marchand de tabac” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bureau de tabac.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marchand-de-tabac · marchand de tabac · French
marchand de tabac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | marchand de tabac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.ʃɑ̃ də ta.ba\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marchand de tabac » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marchand de tabac is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.ʃɑ̃ də ta.ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
marchand de tabac doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is marchand de tabac, spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D- -D-E- -T-A-B-A-C.
Definition
- 1Bureau de tabac.
- 2Commerçant qui vend du tabac, buraliste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marchand de tabac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment ! petit imbécile, répliqua le père, il n’y a plus de marchand de tabac ! Sache qu’il y a toujours un marchand de tabac quelque part. S’il n'est là, il est ailleurs. Trouve-le.
Le marchand de tabac en détail n’est, non plus que le maître de poste, assujetti au droit de patente.
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.