allophone
\a.lɔ.fɔn\
The verdict
“allophone” 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) - Qui parle une langue étrangère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allophone · allophone · French
allophone · 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 "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 | allophone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.lɔ.fɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « allophone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
allophone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.lɔ.fɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui parle une langue étrangère.".
No misspelling variants are generated for allophone in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is allophone, spelled A-L-L-O-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui parle une langue étrangère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allophone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette loi est jugée trop radicale par les communautés anglophone et allophone du Québec, parce qu'elle restreint leur liberté de choix de longue date, mais une majorité croissante de Québécois francophones jugent qu'elle ne va pas assez loin, que la Loi 22 contient trop d'échappatoires qui permettent aux parents allophones d'envoyer leurs enfants dans des…
Mais une telle allophonie existe bien avec les EANA (élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) étrangers, et aussi, dans certains territoires ultramarins, avec des élèves de nationalité française.
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.