tituber
\ti.ty.be\
The verdict
“tituber” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avancer en marchant, en ayant du mal à garder son équilibre, d’une façon chancelante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tituber · tituber · French
tituber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tituber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ti.ty.be\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tituber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tituber is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ti.ty.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tituber has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 tituber, spelled T-I-T-U-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avancer en marchant, en ayant du mal à garder son équilibre, d’une façon chancelante.
- 2Avancer de façon hésitante, désordonnée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tituber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle descendit l’escalier en trébuchant ; mais pour traverser la cour elle se remit ; elle était comme ces gens ivres qui sur un chemin plat titubent avec des zigzags effrayants, et qui dans un passage dangereux retrouvent leur aplomb pour quelques secondes.
Dans le courant de 1877 et de 1878, sa marche fut troublée et difficile au point qu'il faisait des zigzags comme une personne ivre, qu'il titubait même quelquefois ; […].
This word in other languages
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.