tour de taille
\tuʁ də tɑj\
The verdict
“tour de taille” 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) - Longueur de la ceinture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tour-de-taille · tour de taille · French
tour de taille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 taille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ də tɑj\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tour de taille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ də tɑj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Longueur de la ceinture.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tour de taille in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 taille, spelled T-O-U-R- -D-E- -T-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Longueur de la ceinture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tour de taille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faudrait pas que des blondasses (trop) bien foutues volassent la vedette à des quinquas qui n'ont plus le contrôle de leur tour de taille, hein !
Les people ne jurent plus que par le charbon végétal pour dégonfler et réduire leur tour de taille.
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.