division du travail

\di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy tʁa.vaj\

/\di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy tʁa.vaj\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans un appareil productif, répartition des tâches entre personnes et, ou équipes.

Key facts for division du travail
PropertyValue
Headworddivision du travail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy tʁa.vaj\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “division du travail” sits in French frequency

division du 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.

Rare enough to double-check

division du travail is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy tʁa.vaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans un appareil productif, répartition des tâches entre personnes et, ou équipes.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for division du travail, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is division du travail, spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N- -D-U- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans un appareil productif, répartition des tâches entre personnes et, ou équipes.

This word in other languages

Arbeitsteilung(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "division du travail"?
"division du travail" is spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N- -D-U- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy tʁa.vaj\.
What does "division du travail" mean?
As a noun, "division du travail" means: Dans un appareil productif, répartition des tâches entre personnes et, ou équipes.
How do you pronounce "division du travail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "division du travail" is \di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy tʁa.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "division du travail" come from?
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Using “division du travail”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N- -D-U- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \di.vi.zjɔ̃ dy 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