tirer la gueule
\ti.ʁe la ɡœl\
The verdict
“tirer la gueule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tirer-la-gueule · tirer la gueule · French
tirer la gueule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | tirer la gueule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ti.ʁe la ɡœl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tirer la gueule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tirer la gueule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ʁe la ɡœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouder.".
tirer la gueule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tirer la gueule, spelled T-I-R-E-R- -L-A- -G-U-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Bouder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tirer la gueule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est bien, dans une grande maison de disques, d’avoir quelqu’un de son côté et qui ne tire pas la gueule quand on propose de faire venir un joueur de sitar pour la prochaine session.
Tout de même, Anthony se demandait ce qu’il pouvait bien se passer entre Cyril et la jeune fille. À la manière dont il l’ignorait, quand on voyait la gueule qu’elle tirait en sa présence, on pouvait effectivement se poser la question.
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.