tourdre
\tuʁdʁ\
The verdict
“tourdre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tourdre · tourdre · French
tourdre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tourdre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tourdre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tourdre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grive.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tourdre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tourdre, spelled T-O-U-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Grive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tourdre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La grive et ses congénères, tels que trides et tourdres [écrit à tort thourdres].
Je tuai bientôt mon second tourdre (tourdre: grive), mais plus petit que le premier, à la nuit tombée, le distinguant à peine, sur un noyer dans le champ de M. de La Peyrouse, je crois, au-dessus de notre Pelissone (id est: de notre vigne Pelissone).
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.