tournebroche
\tuʁ.nə.bʁɔʃ\
The verdict
“tournebroche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil servant à faire tourner la broche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tournebroche · tournebroche · French
tournebroche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | tournebroche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁ.nə.bʁɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tournebroche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ.nə.bʁɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil servant à faire tourner la broche.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tournebroche in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 tournebroche, spelled T-O-U-R-N-E-B-R-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil servant à faire tourner la broche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tournebroche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tournebroche à ressort.
[…] et nous prenons plaisir à nous chauffer les pieds en caressant deux chiens de chasse, attentifs au tournebroche, - qui est l'espoir d'un souper prochain…
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.