tournesoleil
\tuʁn.sɔ.lɛj\
The verdict
“tournesoleil” 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) - Tournesol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tournesoleil · tournesoleil · French
tournesoleil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | tournesoleil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tuʁn.sɔ.lɛj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tournesoleil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tournesoleil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁn.sɔ.lɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tournesol.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tournesoleil, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tournesoleil, spelled T-O-U-R-N-E-S-O-L-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Tournesol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tournesoleil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça a te dérange pas qu'on ait planté des tournesoleils ?
Des champs de tournesoleils à perte de vue dont chaque couronne , cœur noir , orange , brun , tourne lentement sur son axe vertical jusqu'à l'enfoncement de l'incandescence dans la mer.
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.