retourné acrobatique
\ʁə.tuʁ.ne a.kʁɔ.ba.tik\
The verdict
“retourné acrobatique” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tir de volée en extension, tête en bas et dos au but, où l’impulsion et le tir sont réalisés avec la même jambe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retourné acrobatique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.tuʁ.ne a.kʁɔ.ba.tik\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retourné acrobatique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for retourné acrobatique is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.tuʁ.ne a.kʁɔ.ba.tik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tir de volée en extension, tête en bas et dos au but, où l’impulsion et le tir sont réalisés avec la même jambe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for retourné acrobatique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retourné acrobatique, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R-N-É- -A-C-R-O-B-A-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tir de volée en extension, tête en bas et dos au but, où l’impulsion et le tir sont réalisés avec la même jambe.
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.
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Using “retourné acrobatique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-O-U-R-N-É- -A-C-R-O-B-A-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.tuʁ.ne a.kʁɔ.ba.tik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.