tout nu
\tu ny\
The verdict
“tout nu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans vêtement; nu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-nu · tout nu · French
tout nu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tout nu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tu ny\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tout nu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tout nu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tu ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tout nu, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 tout nu, spelled T-O-U-T- -N-U.
Definition
- 1Sans vêtement; nu.
- 2Personne de très peu d’intérêt, de peu d’importance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tout nu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un hostie d’tout nu qui a une opinion sur tout et raison sur rien.
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.