touret
\tu.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“touret” is uncommon French (frequency #86,260 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,260
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite roue fixée sur l’axe d’un tour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | touret |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tu.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “touret” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
touret is uncommon French at frequency #86,260 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tu.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for touret in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is touret, spelled T-O-U-R-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petite roue fixée sur l’axe d’un tour.
- 2Outil composé d'un moteur (ou d'une source de mouvement) avec deux axes sur lesquels sont fixés des meules abrasives
- 3Sorte de dévidoir ou de rouet à l’usage des cordiers.
- 4Rouet à filer.
- 5Petit tour à l’usage des graveurs en pierres fines.
- 6Sorte de bobine, le plus souvent en bois pour les grands diamètres, sur laquelle vient s’enrouler un câble ou un fil.
- 7Goujon (poisson).
- 8Coiffure féminine du moyen-âge constituée d'une bande de tissus entourant le front.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “touret”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-R-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tu.ʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.