turbin
\tyʁ.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“turbin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-turbin · turbin · French
turbin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | turbin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tyʁ.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « turbin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
turbin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tyʁ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for turbin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is turbin, spelled T-U-R-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1Travail.
- 2Prostitution par racolage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turbin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je suis snob / C'est vraiment le seul défaut que je gobe / Ça demande des mois de turbin / C'est une vie de galérien …
Le turbin c'est le turbin, non ?
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.