tête carrée
\tɛt ka.ʁe\
The verdict
“tête carrée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme résolu, entêté, obstiné.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tête carrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt ka.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tête carrée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tête carrée is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛt ka.ʁe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for tête carrée in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tête carrée, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -C-A-R-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Homme résolu, entêté, obstiné.
- 2Anglophone canadien ou anglophone en général.
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.
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Using “tête carrée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-Ê-T-E- -C-A-R-R-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛt ka.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.