elevator shaft

noun

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The verdict

“elevator shaft” 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) - Cage d’ascenseur.

Key facts for elevator shaft
PropertyValue
Headwordelevator shaft
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “elevator shaft” sits in French frequency

elevator shaft 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

elevator shaft is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cage d’ascenseur.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for elevator shaft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is elevator shaft, spelled E-L-E-V-A-T-O-R- -S-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cage d’ascenseur.

Synonyms

lift shaftliftshaftshaft

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elevator shaft"?
"elevator shaft" is spelled E-L-E-V-A-T-O-R- -S-H-A-F-T.
What does "elevator shaft" mean?
As a noun, "elevator shaft" means: Cage d’ascenseur.
What language does "elevator shaft" come from?
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Using “elevator shaft”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is E-L-E-V-A-T-O-R- -S-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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