tour de cochon
\tuʁ də kɔ.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“tour de cochon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais tour, sale tour, vacherie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tour-de-cochon · tour de cochon · French
tour de cochon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | tour de cochon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ də kɔ.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tour de cochon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tour de cochon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ də kɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mauvais tour, sale tour, vacherie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tour de cochon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 tour de cochon, spelled T-O-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mauvais tour, sale tour, vacherie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tour de cochon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il te propose de faire la paix ? Méfie-toi, qu’il ne te joue pas un tour de cochon.
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.