tête de pipe
\tɛːt də pip\
The verdict
“tête de pipe” 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 September 3, 2026) - (péjoratif) Visage aux traits grossiers comme ceux gravés sur le fourneau de pipes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tete-de-pipe · tête de pipe · French
tête de pipe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 pipe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛːt də pip\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tête de pipe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tête de pipe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛːt də pip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tête de pipe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 pipe, spelled T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -P-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1(péjoratif) Visage aux traits grossiers comme ceux gravés sur le fourneau de pipes.
- 2Individu, personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tête de pipe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec un coup d’œil assez méprisant vers les deux camarades qui venaient de sortir, il commença, cynique : « Maintenant que ces têtes de pipes sont parties, causons. »
– T’as déjà vu autant de têtes de pipe en rang par quatre, toi ? Le troupier qui venait d’interpeller Gabriel était un grand type, à la silhouette filiforme, et voûté comme un arc. Le pesant barda, accroché dans son dos, ne parvenant pas à redresser ses épaules qui plongeaient sur son torse malingre. Il avait l’allure d’un héron en maraude. – Non… concéda…
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.