tête de cochon
\tɛt də kɔ.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“tête de cochon” 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) - Personne têtue, obstinée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-cochon · tête de cochon · French
tête de cochon · 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 cochon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt də kɔ.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tête de cochon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tête de cochon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt də kɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne têtue, obstinée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tête de cochon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tête de cochon, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -C-O-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Personne têtue, obstinée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tête de cochon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Ton père a une tête de cochon, reprit le vieux délégué. Mais du temps qu’il travaillait dans une boîte, il n’a jamais fait de saloperie.
Maudite tête de cochon ! Est-ce qu’il va falloir qu’on l’attache pour qu’il se repose pour vrai ?
Synonyms
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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.