décalage horaire
\de.ka.laʒ ɔ.ʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“décalage horaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Différence entres les heures légales de zones géographiques appartenant à des fuseaux horaires distincts.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décalage horaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ka.laʒ ɔ.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décalage horaire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
décalage horaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ka.laʒ ɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for décalage horaire, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is décalage horaire, spelled D-É-C-A-L-A-G-E- -H-O-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Différence entres les heures légales de zones géographiques appartenant à des fuseaux horaires distincts.
- 2Syndrome résultant de l’adaptation rapide d’un voyageur à une heure légale différente.
This word in other languages
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 “décalage horaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-A-L-A-G-E- -H-O-R-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ka.laʒ ɔ.ʁɛʁ\ (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.