tête de linotte
\tɛt də li.nɔt\
The verdict
“tête de linotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne écervelée, étourdie, superficielle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-linotte · tête de linotte · French
tête de linotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 linotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt də li.nɔt\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tête de linotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt də li.nɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne écervelée, étourdie, superficielle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tête de linotte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tête de linotte, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -L-I-N-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne écervelée, étourdie, superficielle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tête de linotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Percenoix, en vraie tête de linotte, ne s’était aperçu de rien et n’avait rien eu ; – il jasait, en ce moment-là, comme une pie borgne, et s’écoutait lui-même, les yeux au plafond.
Respect ou remords, elle chassait loin d’elle, afin de les oublier à jamais, les commandements de Dieu et de l’Église, qui mettaient en sa charmante tête de linotte le lourd plomb des angoisses depuis si longtemps inconnues.
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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.