tarte aux doigts
\taʁ.t‿o dwa\
The verdict
“tarte aux doigts” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gifle, baffe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tarte-aux-doigts · tarte aux doigts · French
tarte aux doigts · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | tarte aux doigts |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʁ.t‿o dwa\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tarte aux doigts is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʁ.t‿o dwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gifle, baffe.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tarte aux doigts, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tarte aux doigts, spelled T-A-R-T-E- -A-U-X- -D-O-I-G-T-S.
Definition
- 1Gifle, baffe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarte aux doigts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai moi aussi eu le privilège de déguster de la tarte aux doigts quand je rechignais pour certains plats.
Et la violence, comment ? En vrac aussi, sous toutes ses formes : chicore, castagne, tarte aux doigts, bourre-pif et j’en passe.
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.