sortir de la tête

\sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\

/\sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“sortir de la tête” 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
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oublier.

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)

Where “sortir de la tête” sits in French frequency

sortir de la tête falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sortir de la tête is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\. 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: "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.

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.
What language does "sortir de la tête" come from?
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Using “sortir de la tête”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-R-T-I-R- -D-E- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sɔʁ.tiʁ də la tɛt\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list