délit de fuite
\de.li d(ə) fɥit\
The verdict
“délit de fuite” 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) - Délit caractérisé par le fait qu’un conducteur d’un véhicule, qui a causé un accident (ou qui y a contribué), ne s’arrête pas et tente ainsi d’échapper à la responsabilité civile ou pénale à laquel...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | délit de fuite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.li d(ə) fɥit\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “délit de fuite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
délit de fuite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.li d(ə) fɥit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Délit caractérisé par le fait qu’un conducteur d’un véhicule, qui a causé un accident (ou qui y a contribué), ne s’arrête pas et tente ainsi d’échapper à la responsabilité civile ou pénale à laquel...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for délit de fuite, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is délit de fuite, spelled D-É-L-I-T- -D-E- -F-U-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Délit caractérisé par le fait qu’un conducteur d’un véhicule, qui a causé un accident (ou qui y a contribué), ne s’arrête pas et tente ainsi d’échapper à la responsabilité civile ou pénale à laquelle il peut avoir à faire face.
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 “délit de fuite”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-É-L-I-T- -D-E- -F-U-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.li d(ə) fɥit\ (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.