danse de salon
\dɑ̃s də sa.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“danse de salon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Terme générique utilisé regroupant l’ensemble des danses collectives ou à deux dans les bals ou les salons.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | danse de salon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɑ̃s də sa.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “danse de salon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
danse de salon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɑ̃s də sa.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Terme générique utilisé regroupant l’ensemble des danses collectives ou à deux dans les bals ou les salons.".
Zero misspellings are on record for danse de salon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 danse de salon, spelled D-A-N-S-E- -D-E- -S-A-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Terme générique utilisé regroupant l’ensemble des danses collectives ou à deux dans les bals ou les salons.
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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Using “danse de salon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-N-S-E- -D-E- -S-A-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɑ̃s də sa.lɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.