tête à perruque

\tɛt‿a pɛ.ʁyk\

/\tɛt‿a pɛ.ʁyk\/ noun

The verdict

“tête à perruque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tête en bois ou en matériau synthétique sur laquelle l'on pose et l’on accommode des perruques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tete-a-perruque · tête à perruque · French

tête à perruque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for tête à perruque
PropertyValue
Headwordtête à perruque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛt‿a pɛ.ʁyk\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tête à perruque » en français

tête à perruquereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tête à perruque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt‿a pɛ.ʁyk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for tête à perruque in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tête à perruque, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -À- -P-E-R-R-U-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tête en bois ou en matériau synthétique sur laquelle l'on pose et l’on accommode des perruques.
  2. 2
    Tête à laquelle sied bien le port d’une perruque.
  3. 3
    Vieillard qui a peu d’esprit et qui tient opiniâtrement à de vieux préjugés.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tête à perruque"?
"tête à perruque" is spelled T-Ê-T-E- -À- -P-E-R-R-U-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛt‿a pɛ.ʁyk\.
What does "tête à perruque" mean?
As a noun, "tête à perruque" means: Tête en bois ou en matériau synthétique sur laquelle l'on pose et l’on accommode des perruques.
How do you pronounce "tête à perruque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tête à perruque" is \tɛt‿a pɛ.ʁyk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tête à perruque" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list