tourlourou
\tuʁ.lu.ʁu\
The verdict
“tourlourou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune soldat d’infanterie ; pioupiou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tourlourou · tourlourou · French
tourlourou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | tourlourou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ.lu.ʁu\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tourlourou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tourlourou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ.lu.ʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tourlourou in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tourlourou, spelled T-O-U-R-L-O-U-R-O-U.
Definition
- 1Jeune soldat d’infanterie ; pioupiou.
- 2Autre nom du crabe de terre des Antilles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tourlourou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toi ! s’écria Josépha, laisse donc les mœurs aux épiciers, aux simples tourlourous, aux citoyens frrrrançais, qui n’ont que la vertu pour se faire valoir !
Il y a le commandant de la garnison qui surveille du coin de l'œil les tourlourous qui pourraient passer sans le saluer sur l'esplanade, le curé qui discute avec la femme du notaire de la marche de ses bonnes œuvres, le député qui serre des mains à la ronde et promet la lune à ses concitoyens.
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.