tour de vache
\tuʁ də vaʃ\
The verdict
“tour de vache” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais tour, sale tour, vacherie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tour-de-vache · tour de vache · French
tour de vache · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 vache |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ də vaʃ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tour de vache » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tour de vache is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ də vaʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mauvais tour, sale tour, vacherie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tour de vache, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 vache, spelled T-O-U-R- -D-E- -V-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Mauvais tour, sale tour, vacherie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tour de vache 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 vache.
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.