appel de phare
\a.pɛl də faʁ\
The verdict
“appel de phare” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe d’avertissement qu’utilisent parfois les conducteurs de véhicules entre eux consistant en un geste bref d’allumage puis d’extinction des feux-avant du véhicule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-appel-de-phare · appel de phare · French
appel de phare · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | appel de phare |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɛl də faʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appel de phare” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
appel de phare is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɛl də faʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signe d’avertissement qu’utilisent parfois les conducteurs de véhicules entre eux consistant en un geste bref d’allumage puis d’extinction des feux-avant du véhicule.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for appel de phare in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is appel de phare, spelled A-P-P-E-L- -D-E- -P-H-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Signe d’avertissement qu’utilisent parfois les conducteurs de véhicules entre eux consistant en un geste bref d’allumage puis d’extinction des feux-avant du véhicule.
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