tirer la tronche
\ti.ʁe la tʁɔ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“tirer la tronche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tirer-la-tronche · tirer la tronche · French
tirer la tronche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | tirer la tronche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ti.ʁe la tʁɔ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tirer la tronche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tirer la tronche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ʁe la tʁɔ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouder.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tirer la tronche in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 tronche, spelled T-I-R-E-R- -L-A- -T-R-O-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Bouder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tirer la tronche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’en suis à ce stade de mes ruminations quand je réalise que je suis arrivée chez moi et que mon salon est envahi de monde. Agatha tire la tronche. Gary tire la tronche. Bill tire la tronche. Bébé Léna tire la tronche. Mais elle, c’est parce que je le comprends bien plus tard, son père a refuse de lui donner un sablé. Rien à voir avec moi.
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.