tuer le temps
\tɥe lə tɑ̃\
The verdict
“tuer le temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Faire des riens, des choses inutiles pour se désennuyer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuer le temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɥe lə tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tuer le temps” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tuer le temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɥe lə tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire des riens, des choses inutiles pour se désennuyer.".
tuer le temps has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tuer le temps, spelled T-U-E-R- -L-E- -T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Faire des riens, des choses inutiles pour se désennuyer.
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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 “tuer le temps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-U-E-R- -L-E- -T-E-M-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tɥe lə tɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.