tête de bûche
\tɛt də byʃ\
The verdict
“tête de bûche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne réfractaire, têtue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-buche · tête de bûche · French
tête de bûche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 de bûche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt də byʃ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tête de bûche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tête de bûche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt də byʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne réfractaire, têtue.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tête de bûche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tête de bûche, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -B-Û-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Personne réfractaire, têtue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tête de bûche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Sacrée tête de bûche », dîmes-nous en nous-mêmes, fort contents de ces signes qu’il nous faisait avec son mouchoir, ce qui, somme toute, était amical.
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.