tortue luth
\tɔʁ.ty lyt\
The verdict
“tortue luth” 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) - Espèce de très grandes tortues marines, à la carapace dépourvue d’écailles, fréquentant tous les océans de la planète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tortue-luth · tortue luth · French
tortue luth · 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 | tortue luth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.ty lyt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tortue luth » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tortue luth is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔʁ.ty lyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de très grandes tortues marines, à la carapace dépourvue d’écailles, fréquentant tous les océans de la planète.".
tortue luth doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tortue luth, spelled T-O-R-T-U-E- -L-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1Espèce de très grandes tortues marines, à la carapace dépourvue d’écailles, fréquentant tous les océans de la planète.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tortue luth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1756, un peu après le milieu de l’été, on prit aussi, une assez grande tortue Luth, sur les côtes de Cornouaille, en Angleterre.
Parmi les tortues marines, il n’en est aucune qui ait plus d’analogie avec les lamantins et les phoques, et qui soit par conséquent plus remarquable dans sa forme que la tortue luth.
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.