bleu de travail

\blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\

/\blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\/ noun

The verdict

“bleu de travail” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Survêtement pour protéger les vêtements lors d’un travail manuel salissant, souvent de couleur bleu foncé, généralement en coton ou en polycoton, rarement en tissus synthétique.

Key facts for bleu de travail
PropertyValue
Headwordbleu de travail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bleu de travail” sits in French frequency

bleu de travail 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bleu de travail is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Survêtement pour protéger les vêtements lors d’un travail manuel salissant, souvent de couleur bleu foncé, généralement en coton ou en polycoton, rarement en tissus synthétique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bleu de travail in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bleu de travail, spelled B-L-E-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Survêtement pour protéger les vêtements lors d’un travail manuel salissant, souvent de couleur bleu foncé, généralement en coton ou en polycoton, rarement en tissus synthétique.

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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 "bleu de travail"?
"bleu de travail" is spelled B-L-E-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\.
What does "bleu de travail" mean?
As a noun, "bleu de travail" means: Survêtement pour protéger les vêtements lors d’un travail manuel salissant, souvent de couleur bleu foncé, généralement en coton ou en polycoton, rarement en tissus synthétique.
How do you pronounce "bleu de travail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bleu de travail" is \blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bleu de travail" come from?
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Using “bleu de travail”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-L-E-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \blø d(ə) tʁa.vaj\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list