aide sociale
\ɛd sɔ.sjal\
The verdict
“aide sociale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif public fournissant des prestations financières, des aides en nature ou des services aux personnes dont les ressources ou la situation ne leur permettent pas de subvenir à leurs besoins e...
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Index FR-aide-sociale · aide sociale · French
aide sociale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aide sociale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛd sɔ.sjal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aide sociale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛd sɔ.sjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif public fournissant des prestations financières, des aides en nature ou des services aux personnes dont les ressources ou la situation ne leur permettent pas de subvenir à leurs besoins e...".
No misspelling variants are generated for aide sociale in our index, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is aide sociale, spelled A-I-D-E- -S-O-C-I-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Dispositif public fournissant des prestations financières, des aides en nature ou des services aux personnes dont les ressources ou la situation ne leur permettent pas de subvenir à leurs besoins essentiels.
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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.