tourteau

\tuʁ.to\

/\tuʁ.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“tourteau” is uncommon French (frequency #72,801 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,801
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masse formée du marc de certaines graines, de certaines plantes oléagineuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tourteau · tourteau · French

tourteau · rank #72,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,801
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tourneurs

Nearest frequency peer: tourneurs (-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 « tourteau »

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 « tourteau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tourteau
PropertyValue
Headwordtourteau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tuʁ.to\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,801
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tourteau » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tourneurs » (#72,800), « totalitarismes » (#72,799), « traiterons » (#72,803). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tourteau » est au #72,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tourteau is uncommon French at frequency #72,801 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tuʁ.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tourteau, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tourteau, spelled T-O-U-R-T-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masse formée du marc de certaines graines, de certaines plantes oléagineuses.
  2. 2
    Coproduit, riche en protéines, issu de l’industrie de l’huilerie, après extraction de l’huile des graines oléagineuses ou oléo-protéagineuses.
  3. 3
    Sous entendu tourteau fromagé.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant une pièce de monnaie dans les armoiries. Il est représenté par un simple disque coloré d’un émail ou d’une fourrure, ce qui le distingue du besant qui est, lui, de métal. Sa couleur doit toujours être blasonnée. À rapprocher de besant, besant-tourteau, buse, gulpe, guse, heurte, œil de faucon, ogoesse, plate, pomme, somme, tourteau-besant et volet.
  5. 5
    Croisillon métallique destiné à recevoir l’extrémité d'une embrasure sur les anciennes roue en bois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il voit les fortifications qui se découpent en étoile, la citadelle qui se rengorge comme une géline dans un tourteau, […].
  2. Il lésinait sur les dépenses, préférait nous laisser vendre des bêtes en mauvais état plutôt que d’acheter des tourteaux ou des farineux pour les faire progresser.

This word in other languages

oil cake(English)Kugel(Deutsch)

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 "tourteau"?
"tourteau" is spelled T-O-U-R-T-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ.to\.
What does "tourteau" mean?
As a noun, "tourteau" means: Masse formée du marc de certaines graines, de certaines plantes oléagineuses.
How do you pronounce "tourteau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tourteau" is \tuʁ.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tourteau" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list