fer à béton
\fɛʁ‿a be.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“fer à béton” 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) - Longue barre d'acier dont la surface est structurée, utilisée, entre autre, lors de la confection de béton armé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fer-a-beton · fer à béton · French
fer à béton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fer à béton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛʁ‿a be.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fer à béton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fer à béton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛʁ‿a be.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Longue barre d'acier dont la surface est structurée, utilisée, entre autre, lors de la confection de béton armé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fer à béton in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fer à béton, spelled F-E-R- -À- -B-É-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Longue barre d'acier dont la surface est structurée, utilisée, entre autre, lors de la confection de béton armé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fer à béton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On aurait pu également tenir le même raisonnement en analysant les quantités de fer à béton produites et consommées en Europe. Quatre clics sur Internet, et hop on trouve 20 millions de tonnes de fer à béton en Europe.
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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.