touret

\tu.ʁɛ\

/\tu.ʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“touret” is uncommon French (frequency #86,260 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,260
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite roue fixée sur l’axe d’un tour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-touret · touret · French

touret · rank #86,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,260
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH toss

Nearest frequency peer: toss (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « touret »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « touret » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for touret
PropertyValue
Headwordtouret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tu.ʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,260
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « touret » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tourettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « toss » (#86,259), « tragedie » (#86,262), « torique » (#86,257). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « touret » est au #86,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

touret is uncommon French at frequency #86,260 among 3,703 “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

  1. 1
    Petite roue fixée sur l’axe d’un tour.
  2. 2
    Outil composé d'un moteur (ou d'une source de mouvement) avec deux axes sur lesquels sont fixés des meules abrasives
  3. 3
    Sorte de dévidoir ou de rouet à l’usage des cordiers.
  4. 4
    Rouet à filer.
  5. 5
    Petit tour à l’usage des graveurs en pierres fines.
  6. 6
    Sorte de bobine, le plus souvent en bois pour les grands diamètres, sur laquelle vient s’enrouler un câble ou un fil.
  7. 7
    Goujon (poisson).
  8. 8
    Coiffure féminine du moyen-âge constituée d'une bande de tissus entourant le front.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le touret est réputé pour sa chair fine et est également employé comme vif pour la pêche des carnassiers.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "touret"?
"touret" is spelled T-O-U-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tu.ʁɛ\.
What does "touret" mean?
As a noun, "touret" means: Petite roue fixée sur l’axe d’un tour.
How do you pronounce "touret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "touret" is \tu.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "touret", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trieur#86,270Thiery#86,245unidos#86,285useful#86,286

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list