trou de la serrure
\tʁu də la se.ʁyʁ\
The verdict
“trou de la serrure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passage, dans les serrures anciennes, de la clef, qui pouvait permettre de voir ce qui se passait de l'autre côté de la porte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trou-de-la-serrure · trou de la serrure · French
trou de la serrure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | trou de la serrure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁu də la se.ʁyʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
trou de la serrure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁu də la se.ʁyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passage, dans les serrures anciennes, de la clef, qui pouvait permettre de voir ce qui se passait de l'autre côté de la porte.".
Zero misspellings are on record for trou de la serrure in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is trou de la serrure, spelled T-R-O-U- -D-E- -L-A- -S-E-R-R-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Passage, dans les serrures anciennes, de la clef, qui pouvait permettre de voir ce qui se passait de l'autre côté de la porte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trou de la serrure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dernier crime ne pouvait être surpassé que par le crime capital de regarder par les trous des serrures.
Peut-être Françoise avait-elle choisi cet instant pour nous confondre, étant à écouter à la porte ou même à regarder par le trou de la serrure.
This word in other languages
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.