tête de pipe
\tɛːt də pip\
The verdict
“tête de pipe” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (péjoratif) Visage aux traits grossiers comme ceux gravés sur le fourneau de pipes.
| 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) |
Where “tête de pipe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tête de pipe is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɛːt də pip\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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 pipe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -P-I-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɛːt də pip\ (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.