tête de mule
\tɛt də myl\
The verdict
“tête de mule” 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) - Personne têtue, qui ne prête pas attention aux conseils et remarques des autres et suit obstinément son idée de départ.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tête de mule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛt də myl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tête de mule” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tête de mule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛt də myl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne têtue, qui ne prête pas attention aux conseils et remarques des autres et suit obstinément son idée de départ.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tête de mule in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tête de mule, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -M-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Personne têtue, qui ne prête pas attention aux conseils et remarques des autres et suit obstinément son idée de départ.
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 mule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -M-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛt də myl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.