tarbouche
\taʁ.buʃ\
The verdict
“tarbouche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fez.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tarbouche · tarbouche · French
tarbouche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | tarbouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʁ.buʃ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tarbouche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tarbouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʁ.buʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fez.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tarbouche, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 tarbouche, spelled T-A-R-B-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Fez.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarbouche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une plantureuse matrone se coiffe avec majesté d’un tarbouche à glands d’or, orné sur le devant d’un croissant de cuivre.
D’origine afghane, notre hôte, au fin visage allongé d’une barbe noire, est coiffé d’un tarbouche et se sert d’une canne ; il est chaussé de splendides bottines de cuir jaune qu’il ne lace qu’à moitié et un khalat de soie cache son complet clair coupé à l’européenne, il nous offre sans cesse du miel, de la confiture de rose, des petits pains, des bonbons…
This word in other languages
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.