turficole
\tyʁ.fi.kɔl\
The verdict
“turficole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie les plantes qui croissent sur les tourbières.
Corpus desk
Index FR-turficole · turficole · French
turficole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | turficole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tyʁ.fi.kɔl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
turficole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tyʁ.fi.kɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie les plantes qui croissent sur les tourbières.".
turficole doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is turficole, spelled T-U-R-F-I-C-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie les plantes qui croissent sur les tourbières.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how turficole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] on observe, sur le diluvium, de nombreuses espèces montagnardes […] auxquelles s’ajoutent plusieurs espèces turficoles (Scheuchzeria palustris, Viola palustris, Oxycoccos quadripetalus) qui dans le Jura « ne descendent pas au-dessous de la région des Sapins » (GRENIER).
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.