targette
\taʁ.ʒɛt\
The verdict
“targette” 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) - Petite plaque de métal, qui porte un verrou plat ou rond et qu’on met aux portes, aux fenêtres, etc., pour servir à les fermer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-targette · targette · French
targette · 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 | targette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʁ.ʒɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « targette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
targette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʁ.ʒɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for targette in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 targette, spelled T-A-R-G-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite plaque de métal, qui porte un verrou plat ou rond et qu’on met aux portes, aux fenêtres, etc., pour servir à les fermer.
- 2Petite targe.
- 3Chaussure.
- 4Fil métallique noyé dans une rainure au dos des dalles de marbre ou de pierre pour les consolider.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how targette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jour, comme il rentrait dans sa chambre […], il ferma machinalement la porte à clef et poussa la targette. Quand il s’aperçut de son geste, il s’efforça d’en rire, mais il ne put dormir de la nuit : il venait de comprendre qu’il avait peur.
Comme elle ne peut plus avoir de basse-cour, maintenant qu'elle est chez son fils, et qu'elle ne peut plus se passer non plus d'avoir des bêtes à elle, grand-mère Binche le soir tire sa targette et, bien carrée dans son fauteuil de paille qui occupe le milieu de la chambre, elle appelle les souris et les apprivoise.
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.