tourbillonner
\tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne\
The verdict
“tourbillonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Aller en tournoyant rapidement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tourbillonner · tourbillonner · French
tourbillonner · 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 | tourbillonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tourbillonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aller en tournoyant rapidement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tourbillonner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 tourbillonner, spelled T-O-U-R-B-I-L-L-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aller en tournoyant rapidement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tourbillonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vent s’éleva, qui fit s’envoler et tourbillonner les feuilles jaunes des arbres, et la pluie tomba, fine, oblique, cinglante et froide.
Pendant que les flammes s'élèvent en tourbillonnant vers le ciel, projetant au loin une clarté rougeâtre qui donne au paysage un aspect fantastique, les enfants dansent autour, se tenant par la main, en chantant à gorge déployée:[…]
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.