avant-projet sommaire
\a.vɑ̃.pʁɔ.ʒɛ sɔ.mɛʁ\
The verdict
“avant-projet sommaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phase d’un projet de construction de bâtiment pendant la conception, subdivision de l’avant-projet, se situant entre l’esquisse (ESQ) et l’avant-projet définitif (APD).
Corpus desk
Index FR-avant-projet-sommaire · avant-projet sommaire · French
avant-projet sommaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | avant-projet sommaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.pʁɔ.ʒɛ sɔ.mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avant-projet sommaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vɑ̃.pʁɔ.ʒɛ sɔ.mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phase d’un projet de construction de bâtiment pendant la conception, subdivision de l’avant-projet, se situant entre l’esquisse (ESQ) et l’avant-projet définitif (APD).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avant-projet sommaire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is avant-projet sommaire, spelled A-V-A-N-T---P-R-O-J-E-T- -S-O-M-M-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Phase d’un projet de construction de bâtiment pendant la conception, subdivision de l’avant-projet, se situant entre l’esquisse (ESQ) et l’avant-projet définitif (APD).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how avant-projet sommaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais nous sommes dans un relatif confort, et je suis confiant dans le fait que la majorité des études (une dizaine) en cours vont garder leur rythme d'avancement, qu’il s’agisse d’avant-projets sommaires ou d’avant-projets définitifs.
Synonyms
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.