Tête-de-cheval
\tɛt.də.ʃə.val\
The verdict
“Tête-de-cheval” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Nom donné à une nébuleuse obscure (Barnard 33) à cause de sa silhouette qui rappelle le profil de la tête d’un cheval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-cheval · Tête-de-cheval · French
Tête-de-cheval · 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-de-cheval |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \tɛt.də.ʃə.val\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Tête-de-cheval is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tɛt.də.ʃə.val\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné à une nébuleuse obscure (Barnard 33) à cause de sa silhouette qui rappelle le profil de la tête d’un cheval.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tête-de-cheval in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Tête-de-cheval, spelled T-Ê-T-E---D-E---C-H-E-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à une nébuleuse obscure (Barnard 33) à cause de sa silhouette qui rappelle le profil de la tête d’un cheval.
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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.