tarbouch
\taʁ.buʃ\
The verdict
“tarbouch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de tarbouche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tarbouch · tarbouch · French
tarbouch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tarbouch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʁ.buʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tarbouch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tarbouch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʁ.buʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de tarbouche.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tarbouch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tarbouch, spelled T-A-R-B-O-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de tarbouche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarbouch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux régiments, musique et colonel en tête, défilèrent d’abord avec leurs vêtements de cotonnade blanche et leur tarbouch rouge.
L’uniforme se compose d’un pantalon-jupe (seroual) généralement en grosse toile bleue, d’un gilet (bedâya) et d’une veste (kabbot) de mauvais drap rouge ou de toute autre couleur. Un tarbouch rouge, des babouches (belgha) de cuir jaune, chaussure absurde pour des soldats, une jellâba, espèce de capote à capuchon, complètent le costume.
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.