tour de scrutin
\tuʁ də skʁy.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“tour de scrutin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expression d’un corps électoral par le vote.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tour de scrutin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ də skʁy.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tour de scrutin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tour de scrutin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ də skʁy.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expression d’un corps électoral par le vote.".
tour de scrutin has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tour de scrutin, spelled T-O-U-R- -D-E- -S-C-R-U-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Expression d’un corps électoral par le vote.
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.
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Using “tour de scrutin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-R- -D-E- -S-C-R-U-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tuʁ də skʁy.tɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.