tirs au but
\ti.ʁ‿o.by\
The verdict
“tirs au but” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épreuve complémentaire appliquée lors de certaines rencontres pour départager deux équipes restées à égalité à l’issue du temps de jeu imparti.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tirs-au-but · tirs au but · French
tirs au but · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | tirs au but |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.ʁ‿o.by\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tirs au but » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tirs au but is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ʁ‿o.by\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve complémentaire appliquée lors de certaines rencontres pour départager deux équipes restées à égalité à l’issue du temps de jeu imparti.".
tirs au but doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tirs au but, spelled T-I-R-S- -A-U- -B-U-T.
Definition
- 1Épreuve complémentaire appliquée lors de certaines rencontres pour départager deux équipes restées à égalité à l’issue du temps de jeu imparti.
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.