avis de décès

Name: avis de décès, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\a.vi də de.sɛ\

/\a.vi də de.sɛ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“avis de décès” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Publication dans la presse, émanant généralement de la famille d’une personne décédée, informant les lecteurs de ce décès et souvent des dispositions prises pour une éventuelle cérémonie funéraire.

Key facts for avis de décès
Property	Value
Headword	avis de décès
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\a.vi də de.sɛ\
Letters	13
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avis de décès” sits in French frequency

avis de décès falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avis de décès is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vi də de.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for avis de décès 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avis de décès, spelled A-V-I-S- -D-E- -D-É-C-È-S.

Definition

1
Publication dans la presse, émanant généralement de la famille d’une personne décédée, informant les lecteurs de ce décès et souvent des dispositions prises pour une éventuelle cérémonie funéraire.
2
Information par laquelle une autorité civile ou militaire avise une autre autorité, ou une famille, du décès d’une personne.

This word in other languages

Todesanzeige(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avis de décès"?

"avis de décès" is spelled A-V-I-S- -D-E- -D-É-C-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vi də de.sɛ\.

What does "avis de décès" mean?

As a noun, "avis de décès" means: Publication dans la presse, émanant généralement de la famille d’une personne décédée, informant les lecteurs de ce décès et souvent des dispositions prises pour une éventuelle cérémonie funéraire.

How do you pronounce "avis de décès"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avis de décès" is \a.vi də de.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "avis de décès" come from?

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Using “avis de décès”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is A-V-I-S- -D-E- -D-É-C-È-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \a.vi də de.sɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

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.