tatoue
\ta.tu\
The verdict
“tatoue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tatouer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tatoue · tatoue · French
tatoue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | tatoue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ta.tu\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tatoue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tatoue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ta.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
tatoue has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tatoue, spelled T-A-T-O-U-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tatouer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de tatouer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de tatouer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de tatouer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de tatouer.
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.