élément de langage
\e.le.mɑ̃ də lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\
The verdict
“élément de langage” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Formule, expression ou argument préparé à l’avance et diffusé au sein d’un parti, gouvernement ou syndicat pour encadrer les prises de parole publiques. Il vise à harmoniser les discours, orienter ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élément de langage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.le.mɑ̃ də lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “élément de langage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for élément de langage is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.le.mɑ̃ də lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\. 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: "Formule, expression ou argument préparé à l’avance et diffusé au sein d’un parti, gouvernement ou syndicat pour encadrer les prises de parole publiques. Il vise à harmoniser les discours, orienter ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for élément de langage 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 élément de langage, spelled É-L-É-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -L-A-N-G-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Formule, expression ou argument préparé à l’avance et diffusé au sein d’un parti, gouvernement ou syndicat pour encadrer les prises de parole publiques. Il vise à harmoniser les discours, orienter les représentations et peut faire l’objet d’une répétition coordonnée dans les médias ou les interventions officielles.
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- The one correct French spelling is É-L-É-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -L-A-N-G-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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