tête d’affiche
\tɛt d‿a.fiʃ\
The verdict
“tête d’affiche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artiste, acteur, chanteur, sportif… faisant partie des principaux d’une manifestation, d’un film…
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-d-affiche · tête d’affiche · French
tête d’affiche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | tête d’affiche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt d‿a.fiʃ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tête d’affiche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tête d’affiche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt d‿a.fiʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tête d’affiche, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tête d’affiche, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-’-A-F-F-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Artiste, acteur, chanteur, sportif… faisant partie des principaux d’une manifestation, d’un film…
- 2Artiste, acteur ou chanteur portant ce titre lors d’une manifestation.
- 3Personne mise en avant dans un groupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tête d’affiche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Tarnais sera l’une des têtes d’affiche des championnats du monde à Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, de mercredi à dimanche.
Parmi les têtes d'affiche particulièrement attendues : Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Gaël Faye, The Limiñanas, Selah Sue, Bernard Lavilliers, Rodrigo y Gabriela ou, encore, Gaëtan Roussel, Eliades Ochoa, Simple Minds et Curtis Harding.
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.