tête-de-mort
\tɛt.də.mɔʁ\
The verdict
“tête-de-mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vulgaire du « fromage de Hollande », à cause de sa forme de grosse boule. Aussi appelé « boussole de refroidi ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-mort · tête-de-mort · French
tête-de-mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt.də.mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tête-de-mort” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tête-de-mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt.də.mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tête-de-mort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tête-de-mort, spelled T-Ê-T-E---D-E---M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire du « fromage de Hollande », à cause de sa forme de grosse boule. Aussi appelé « boussole de refroidi ».
- 2Nom vernaculaire de Antirrhinum orontium plante de la famille des Plantaginaceae, un muflier, à cause de l’apparence de son fruit.
- 3Type de plume métallique destinée à l'écriture manuscrite.
- 4Papillon de nuit appelé sphinx tête de mort.
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