toucher la corde sensible
\tu.ʃe.la.kɔʁd sɑ̃.sibl\
The verdict
“toucher la corde sensible” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aborder un sujet sensible. Reprocher à quelqu'un ce qui lui est le plus sensible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toucher la corde sensible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tu.ʃe.la.kɔʁd sɑ̃.sibl\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “toucher la corde sensible” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for toucher la corde sensible is 25 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu.ʃe.la.kɔʁd sɑ̃.sibl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aborder un sujet sensible. Reprocher à quelqu'un ce qui lui est le plus sensible.".
No misspelling variants are generated for toucher la corde sensible in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is toucher la corde sensible, spelled T-O-U-C-H-E-R- -L-A- -C-O-R-D-E- -S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Aborder un sujet sensible. Reprocher à quelqu'un ce qui lui est le plus sensible.
Synonyms
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.
Cite this page
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY-SA). Copy the citation:
PlainSpell, “toucher la corde sensible, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/toucher-la-corde-sensible
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "toucher la corde sensible"?
What does "toucher la corde sensible" mean?
How do you pronounce "toucher la corde sensible"?
What language does "toucher la corde sensible" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “toucher la corde sensible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-C-H-E-R- -L-A- -C-O-R-D-E- -S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tu.ʃe.la.kɔʁd sɑ̃.sibl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter T in our French index: