échelles des longueurs

/\e.ʃɛl de lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“échelles des longueurs” 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
22
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Pluriel de échelle des longueurs.

Key facts for échelles des longueurs
PropertyValue
Headwordéchelles des longueurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃɛl de lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “échelles des longueurs” sits in French frequency

échelles des longueurs 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 échelles des longueurs is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʃɛl de lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\. 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: "Pluriel de échelle des longueurs.".

No misspelling variants are generated for échelles des longueurs in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is échelles des longueurs, spelled É-C-H-E-L-L-E-S- -D-E-S- -L-O-N-G-U-E-U-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de échelle des longueurs.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "échelles des longueurs"?
"échelles des longueurs" is spelled É-C-H-E-L-L-E-S- -D-E-S- -L-O-N-G-U-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃɛl de lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\.
What does "échelles des longueurs" mean?
As a noun, "échelles des longueurs" means: Pluriel de échelle des longueurs.
How do you pronounce "échelles des longueurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échelles des longueurs" is \e.ʃɛl de lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “échelles des longueurs”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is É-C-H-E-L-L-E-S- -D-E-S- -L-O-N-G-U-E-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \e.ʃɛl de lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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