tirer une tête

\ti.ʁe yn tɛt\

/\ti.ʁe yn tɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“tirer une tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tirer-une-tete · tirer une tête · French

tirer une tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for tirer une tête
PropertyValue
Headwordtirer une tête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ti.ʁe yn tɛt\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tirer une tête » en français

tirer une têtereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tirer une tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ʁe yn tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouder.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tirer une tête, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tirer une tête, spelled T-I-R-E-R- -U-N-E- -T-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bouder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tirer une tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Le procureur tire une tête ? — Bien entendu, il est ennuyé.
  2. « — Pourquoi tu tires cette tête-là ? « — Moi ? Je tire une tête… ?”

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tirer une tête"?
"tirer une tête" is spelled T-I-R-E-R- -U-N-E- -T-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.ʁe yn tɛt\.
What does "tirer une tête" mean?
As a verb, "tirer une tête" means: Bouder.
How do you pronounce "tirer une tête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tirer une tête" is \ti.ʁe yn tɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tirer une tête" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list