taper de l’œil
\ta.pe də l‿œj\
The verdict
“taper de l’œil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dormir, fermer l’œil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-taper-de-l-il · taper de l’œil · French
taper de l’œil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taper de l’œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.pe də l‿œj\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « taper de l’œil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
taper de l’œil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.pe də l‿œj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dormir, fermer l’œil.".
taper de l’œil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is taper de l’œil, spelled T-A-P-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Dormir, fermer l’œil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how taper de l’œil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Si nous étions une troupe régulière, lui dit-il en l’éveillant d’un coup de poing, je te ferais passer par les armes pour avoir tapé de l’œil en faction, chose contraire à toute bonne discipline martiale ; mais puisque je ne puis te faire arquebuser, je te pardonne et te condamne seulement à boire une pinte d’eau.
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.