tortueuses
\tɔʁ.tɥøz\
The verdict
“tortueuses” is uncommon French (frequency #76,182 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,182
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de tortueux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tortueuses · tortueuses · French
tortueuses · rank #76,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,182
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tordent
Nearest frequency peer: tordent (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « tortueuses »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Tirlemont
Tirlemont
23,823 corpus weight
- tordent
tordent
23,820 corpus weight
- tortueuses
tortueuses
23,819 corpus weight
- transféra
transféra
23,818 corpus weight
- transplanter
transplanter
23,817 corpus weight
- transposable
transposable
23,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tortueuses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tortueuses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.tɥøz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tortueuses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tortueuses is uncommon French at frequency #76,182 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɔʁ.tɥøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de tortueux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tortueuses, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tortueuses, spelled T-O-R-T-U-E-U-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de tortueux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tortueuses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Saint-Savinien se parcourt à pied, ses rues étroites et tortueuses étant difficilement compatibles avec la voiture.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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