tour de phrase
\tuʁ də fʁɑz\
The verdict
“tour de phrase” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manière de s’exprimer ; forme de la construction, de la syntaxe, d’une phrase.
| 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) |
Where “tour de phrase” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tour de phrase is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tuʁ də fʁɑz\. 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: "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.
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.
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Using “tour de phrase”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-R- -D-E- -P-H-R-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tuʁ də fʁɑz\ (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
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.