taper dans la gourde
\ta.pe dɑ̃ la ɡuʁd\
The verdict
“taper dans la gourde” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boire des boissons alcoolisées plus que de raison.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taper dans la gourde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.pe dɑ̃ la ɡuʁd\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taper dans la gourde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for taper dans la gourde is 20 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ta.pe dɑ̃ la ɡuʁd\. 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: "Boire des boissons alcoolisées plus que de raison.".
taper dans la gourde doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is taper dans la gourde, spelled T-A-P-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -G-O-U-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Boire des boissons alcoolisées plus que de raison.
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 “taper dans la gourde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-P-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -G-O-U-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.pe dɑ̃ la ɡuʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.