tour Eiffel

\tu.ʁ‿ɛ.fɛl\

/\tu.ʁ‿ɛ.fɛl\/ name

The verdict

“tour Eiffel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Célèbre tour parisienne, conçue et réalisée par Gustave Eiffel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tour-eiffel · tour Eiffel · French

tour Eiffel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for tour Eiffel
PropertyValue
Headwordtour Eiffel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tu.ʁ‿ɛ.fɛl\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tour Eiffel » en français

tour Eiffelreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tour Eiffel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \tu.ʁ‿ɛ.fɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for tour Eiffel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tour Eiffel, spelled T-O-U-R- -E-I-F-F-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Célèbre tour parisienne, conçue et réalisée par Gustave Eiffel.
  2. 2
    Bientôt, un pont fut jeté sur le Pas-de-Calais, composé d’une série de piliers semblables à autant de tours Eiffel et supportant des câbles de monorails à cent cinquante pieds au-dessus de l’eau ; […]. — (H. G. Wells, La Guerre dans les airs, 1908, traduction d’Henry-D. Davray et B. Kozakiewicz, Mercure de France, Paris, 1910, page 21 de l’édition de 1921)
  3. 3
    Et samedi prochain qu'on fasse la chouille. On va chez Maggie. Elle est anglaise. Folle. Riche. Et organise des fiestas d'enfer dans son appart’ avec vue sur la tour Eiffel. — (Xavier Pichard, Quatre filles & un garçon: roman, TheBookEdition, 2008, p. 101)
  4. 4
    On sait bien de par le monde Que Paris, c’est une blonde Et les visiteurs abondent Il en vient de tout pays La Tour Eiffel les étonne Le Musée Grévin les passionne Et la Seine enfin leur donne L’attrait de ses quais fleuris. — (Jean-Roger Caussimon, Paris jadis, 1977)
  5. 5
    Reproduction miniature du même monument. (Dans ce sens, tour peut être mis au pluriel.)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tour Eiffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On vend des tours Eiffel en plastique.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tour Eiffel"?
"tour Eiffel" is spelled T-O-U-R- -E-I-F-F-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tu.ʁ‿ɛ.fɛl\.
What does "tour Eiffel" mean?
As a proper noun, "tour Eiffel" means: Célèbre tour parisienne, conçue et réalisée par Gustave Eiffel.
How do you pronounce "tour Eiffel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tour Eiffel" is \tu.ʁ‿ɛ.fɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tour Eiffel" come from?
"tour Eiffel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list