tourne-feuillet

noun

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The verdict

“tourne-feuillet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit ruban destiné à tourner les pages d'un livre.

Key facts for tourne-feuillet
PropertyValue
Headwordtourne-feuillet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tourne-feuillet” sits in French frequency

tourne-feuillet falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tourne-feuillet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit ruban destiné à tourner les pages d'un livre.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tourne-feuillet, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tourne-feuillet, spelled T-O-U-R-N-E---F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit ruban destiné à tourner les pages d'un livre.

Synonyms

marque-page

This word in other languages

Lesezeichen(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tourne-feuillet"?
"tourne-feuillet" is spelled T-O-U-R-N-E---F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T.
What does "tourne-feuillet" mean?
As a noun, "tourne-feuillet" means: Petit ruban destiné à tourner les pages d'un livre.
What language does "tourne-feuillet" come from?
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Using “tourne-feuillet”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-R-N-E---F-E-U-I-L-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list