écran de veille
\e.kʁɑ̃ də vɛj\
The verdict
“écran de veille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Programme informatique lancé sur un écran allumé mais inutilisé, pour afficher divers choses dessus, en général des photos ou des images géométriques animées (courbe de Béziers).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écran de veille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kʁɑ̃ də vɛj\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écran de veille” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
écran de veille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kʁɑ̃ də vɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Programme informatique lancé sur un écran allumé mais inutilisé, pour afficher divers choses dessus, en général des photos ou des images géométriques animées (courbe de Béziers).".
No misspelling variants are generated for écran de veille in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is écran de veille, spelled É-C-R-A-N- -D-E- -V-E-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Programme informatique lancé sur un écran allumé mais inutilisé, pour afficher divers choses dessus, en général des photos ou des images géométriques animées (courbe de Béziers).
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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 “écran de veille”
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- The one correct French spelling is É-C-R-A-N- -D-E- -V-E-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.kʁɑ̃ də vɛj\ (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.