tour de phrase
\tuʁ də fʁɑz\
The verdict
“tour de phrase” 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) - Manière de s’exprimer ; forme de la construction, de la syntaxe, d’une phrase.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tour-de-phrase · tour de phrase · French
tour de phrase · 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 phrase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ də fʁɑz\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tour de phrase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tour de phrase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ də fʁɑz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manière de s’exprimer ; forme de la construction, de la syntaxe, d’une phrase.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tour de phrase, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 tour de phrase, spelled T-O-U-R- -D-E- -P-H-R-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Manière de s’exprimer ; forme de la construction, de la syntaxe, d’une phrase.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tour de phrase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alphonse Daudet le renseigna sur quelques tours de phrase, qu’il n’avait pas parfaitement saisis : « Je vis ici au milieu de Scythes, vous comprenez, Daudet ; il faut me pardonner »
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.