se tourner le sang
\sə tuʁ.ne lə sɑ̃\
The verdict
“se tourner le sang” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’inquiéter, se faire du souci.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se tourner le sang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə tuʁ.ne lə sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se tourner le sang” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for se tourner le sang is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə tuʁ.ne lə sɑ̃\. 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: "S’inquiéter, se faire du souci.".
No misspelling variants are generated for se tourner le sang in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is se tourner le sang, spelled S-E- -T-O-U-R-N-E-R- -L-E- -S-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1S’inquiéter, se faire du souci.
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 “se tourner le sang”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -T-O-U-R-N-E-R- -L-E- -S-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə tuʁ.ne lə sɑ̃\ (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.