trou du souffleur
\tʁu dy su.flœʁ\
The verdict
“trou du souffleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite niche dans la scène où se cache le souffleur ou la souffleuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-trou-du-souffleur · trou du souffleur · French
trou du souffleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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 du souffleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁu dy su.flœʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « trou du souffleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
trou du souffleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁu dy su.flœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite niche dans la scène où se cache le souffleur ou la souffleuse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trou du souffleur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is trou du souffleur, spelled T-R-O-U- -D-U- -S-O-U-F-F-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Petite niche dans la scène où se cache le souffleur ou la souffleuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trou du souffleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faudrait parler encore de la façon de s’asseoir, de manger, de lancer dans la salle la réplique destinée au personnage qu’on a à côté de soi, de s’approcher du trou du souffleur pour déclamer la tirade à effet que les autres acteurs sur la scène feignent d’écouter religieusement.
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.