exode rural
\ɛɡ.zɔd ʁy.ʁal\
The verdict
“exode rural” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déplacement de population des zones rurales vers les zones urbaines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exode-rural · exode rural · French
exode rural · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exode rural |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zɔd ʁy.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exode rural » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exode rural is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.zɔd ʁy.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Déplacement de population des zones rurales vers les zones urbaines.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exode rural, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is exode rural, spelled E-X-O-D-E- -R-U-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Déplacement de population des zones rurales vers les zones urbaines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exode rural appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Résumons-nous : l’homme ne peut pas se passer de la ville. Sans elle l’exode rural n’aurait pas de débouché.
L’exode rural et les premières vagues de la modernisation rompent l'équilibre démographique et social : à nouveau les campagnes se vident au profit des villes (la population rurale passe de 47,6 % de la population française en 1936 à 37,4 % en 1962) et deviennent de plus en plus agricoles.
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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.