perdre la tramontane
The verdict
“perdre la tramontane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne plus voir l’étoile polaire, à cause des nuages qui couvrent le ciel ; ne plus pouvoir s’aider de la boussole, à cause de l’agitation du vaisseau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perdre-la-tramontane · perdre la tramontane · French
perdre la tramontane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | perdre la tramontane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
perdre la tramontane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perdre la tramontane, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is perdre la tramontane, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E- -L-A- -T-R-A-M-O-N-T-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Ne plus voir l’étoile polaire, à cause des nuages qui couvrent le ciel ; ne plus pouvoir s’aider de la boussole, à cause de l’agitation du vaisseau.
- 2Être troublé, ne plus savoir où l’on en est, ne plus savoir ce qu’on fait ni ce qu’on dit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perdre la tramontane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai perdu la tramontane / En trouvant Margot.
Thérèse en ce malheur perdit la tramontane : Claude la débusqua, s’emparant du timon. Thérèse, pire qu’un démon, Tâche à la retirer et se remettre au trône ; Mais celle-ci n’est pas personne à céder un poste si doux.
Synonyms
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.