atteinte à l’ordre public
\a.tɛ̃t‿a l‿ɔʁdʁ py.blik\
The verdict
“atteinte à l’ordre public” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acte ou situation qui compromet la sécurité, la tranquillité ou la salubrité publiques, telles qu’elles sont protégées par les règles relatives à l’ordre public.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atteinte à l’ordre public |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tɛ̃t‿a l‿ɔʁdʁ py.blik\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atteinte à l’ordre public” sits in French frequency
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atteinte à l’ordre public is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.tɛ̃t‿a l‿ɔʁdʁ py.blik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acte ou situation qui compromet la sécurité, la tranquillité ou la salubrité publiques, telles qu’elles sont protégées par les règles relatives à l’ordre public.".
Zero misspellings are on record for atteinte à l’ordre public in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is atteinte à l’ordre public, spelled A-T-T-E-I-N-T-E- -À- -L-’-O-R-D-R-E- -P-U-B-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Acte ou situation qui compromet la sécurité, la tranquillité ou la salubrité publiques, telles qu’elles sont protégées par les règles relatives à l’ordre public.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is A-T-T-E-I-N-T-E- -À- -L-’-O-R-D-R-E- -P-U-B-L-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.