tuxedo
\tɔk.se.do\
The verdict
“tuxedo” 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) - Tenue de soirée ou de cérémonie pour homme, qui comprend un costume à revers de soie et en guise de cravate un nœud papillon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tuxedo · tuxedo · French
tuxedo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tuxedo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔk.se.do\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tuxedo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tuxedo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔk.se.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tenue de soirée ou de cérémonie pour homme, qui comprend un costume à revers de soie et en guise de cravate un nœud papillon.".
tuxedo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tuxedo, spelled T-U-X-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1Tenue de soirée ou de cérémonie pour homme, qui comprend un costume à revers de soie et en guise de cravate un nœud papillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tuxedo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adieu starlettes et lacrymos Blaireaux bellâtres et blêmes en tuxedo
Je n’ai pas beaucoup de choix, car je dois porter un tuxedo noir et blanc et un nœud papillon, et ça me stresse beaucoup de devoir trouver le bon tailleur et le tuxedo approprié.
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.