tête de gland
\tɛt də ɡlɑ̃\
The verdict
“tête de gland” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Individu stupide, imbécile.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tête de gland |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt də ɡlɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tête de gland” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tête de gland is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛt də ɡlɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Individu stupide, imbécile.".
tête de gland doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tête de gland, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -G-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Individu stupide, imbécile.
Synonyms
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 de gland”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -G-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛt də ɡlɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.