avion civil
\a.vjɔ̃ si.vil\
The verdict
“avion civil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout avion non militaire, qu’il soit utilisé pour le transport de fret ou de passagers, le loisir, ou divers services (scientifiques, agricoles etc.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-avion-civil · avion civil · French
avion civil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | avion civil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vjɔ̃ si.vil\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avion civil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avion civil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vjɔ̃ si.vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tout avion non militaire, qu’il soit utilisé pour le transport de fret ou de passagers, le loisir, ou divers services (scientifiques, agricoles etc.).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for avion civil, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 avion civil, spelled A-V-I-O-N- -C-I-V-I-L.
Definition
- 1Tout avion non militaire, qu’il soit utilisé pour le transport de fret ou de passagers, le loisir, ou divers services (scientifiques, agricoles etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avion civil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et dans quelle catégorie placer l’avion civil supersonique ? Comme pour les dinosaures, il y a de nombreuses hypothèses pouvant expliquer leur disparition, hypothèses qui pourraient faire l’objet d’un colloque.
Le groupe japonais Mitsubishi Heavy Industries abandonne son projet d’avion civil, dont la date de commercialisation n’a cessé d’être repoussée en raison de difficultés techniques.
Antonyms
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.