sortir de la tête

\sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\

/\sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“sortir de la tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Oublier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sortir-de-la-tete · sortir de la tête · French

sortir de la tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for sortir de la tête
PropertyValue
Headwordsortir de la tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sortir de la tête » en français

sortir de la têtereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sortir de la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oublier.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sortir de la tête, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sortir de la tête, spelled S-O-R-T-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oublier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sortir de la tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ça m'était sorti de la tête.
  2. Beaucoup de gens se posent ce genre de questions. Moi, elles ne voulaient plus sortir de ma tête.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sortir de la tête"?
"sortir de la tête" is spelled S-O-R-T-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\.
What does "sortir de la tête" mean?
As a verb, "sortir de la tête" means: Oublier.
How do you pronounce "sortir de la tête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sortir de la tête" is \sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list