tirelirer
\tiʁ(ə).li.ʁe\
The verdict
“tirelirer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre son chant, en parlant de l’alouette (et d’autres oiseaux).
Corpus desk
Index FR-tirelirer · tirelirer · French
tirelirer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | tirelirer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tiʁ(ə).li.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tirelirer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tirelirer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tiʁ(ə).li.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire entendre son chant, en parlant de l’alouette (et d’autres oiseaux).".
tirelirer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tirelirer, spelled T-I-R-E-L-I-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre son chant, en parlant de l’alouette (et d’autres oiseaux).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tirelirer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La gentile Alouëte avec ſon tire-lire Tire l’ire à liré, & tirelirant, tire Vers la vouſte du Ciel⋅puis ſon vol vers ce lieu Vire, & deſire dire, adieu Dieu, Dieu, adieu Le peint Chardonneret, le Pinçon, la Linote Ia donnent aux frais vents leur plus mignarde note.
Alouette, qui vit de seize à dix-huit ans, babille-t-elle seulement ? Le latin confesse qu’elle mitile, de mitilare ; nos, dictionnaires reconnaissent qu’elle tirelire et griselle. Il y a une espèce d’Alouette qui turlute, onomatopée du nom de Turlut qu’on lui donne dans les provinces. On observe que la petite Alouette-Huppée répète à satiété un triple lu…
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