touche-à-tout
\tu.ʃa.tu\
The verdict
“touche-à-tout” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne, généralement un enfant, qui touche tout ce qu’elle trouve.
Corpus desk
Index FR-touche-a-tout · touche-à-tout · French
touche-à-tout · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | touche-à-tout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tu.ʃa.tu\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
touche-à-tout is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tu.ʃa.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for touche-à-tout in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is touche-à-tout, spelled T-O-U-C-H-E---À---T-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Personne, généralement un enfant, qui touche tout ce qu’elle trouve.
- 2Personne ayant de nombreux centres d’intérêt dans des domaines variés mais qui ne les étudie que de façon superficielle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how touche-à-tout appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet homme là est un touche-à-tout.
En littérature, en musique, c’est carrément impossible de changer de direction, on est certain de se faire lyncher. D’un autre côté si tu fais toujours la même chose on t’accuse de te répéter et d’être sur le déclin, mais si tu changes on t’accuse d’être un touche-à-tout incohérent.
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.