tube digestif
\tyb di.ʒɛs.tif\
The verdict
“tube digestif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système d'organes des animaux pluricellulaires qui prend la nourriture, la digère pour en extraire de l'énergie et des nutriments, et évacue le surplus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tube digestif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tyb di.ʒɛs.tif\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tube digestif” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tube digestif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tyb di.ʒɛs.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Système d'organes des animaux pluricellulaires qui prend la nourriture, la digère pour en extraire de l'énergie et des nutriments, et évacue le surplus.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tube digestif in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tube digestif, spelled T-U-B-E- -D-I-G-E-S-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Système d'organes des animaux pluricellulaires qui prend la nourriture, la digère pour en extraire de l'énergie et des nutriments, et évacue le surplus.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “tube digestif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-U-B-E- -D-I-G-E-S-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tyb di.ʒɛs.tif\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.