têteau
\tɛ.to\
The verdict
“têteau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrémité d’une branche maîtresse, coupée à peu de distance du pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-teteau · têteau · French
têteau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | têteau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛ.to\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « têteau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
têteau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛ.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
têteau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is têteau, spelled T-Ê-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Extrémité d’une branche maîtresse, coupée à peu de distance du pied.
- 2Arbre étêté dont les branches sont en train de repousser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how têteau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Germain jeta un regard sur le buisson et vit dans le fossé, sous les branches épaisses et encore fraîches d’un têteau de chêne, quelque chose qu’il prit pour un agneau.
Parfois, dans leurs files hérissées, un têteau de chêne, un petit pin, un maigre bouquet d’arbrisseaux, font saillie.
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.