trou de mémoire
\tʁu də me.mwaʁ\
The verdict
“trou de mémoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incapacité temporaire à se rappeler une chose précise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trou-de-memoire · trou de mémoire · French
trou de mémoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 mémoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁu də me.mwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
trou de mémoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁu də me.mwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incapacité temporaire à se rappeler une chose précise.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for trou de mémoire in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trou de mémoire, spelled T-R-O-U- -D-E- -M-É-M-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Incapacité temporaire à se rappeler une chose précise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trou de mémoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il cherchait toujours les mots que la mère avait prononcés en passant la porte. C’était sans importance, mais ce trou de mémoire l’agaçait.
Elle peut réduire vos propos à une succession de banalités et vous exposer à certains pièges comme le trou de mémoire et le manque de contact avec le public.
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.