fermeture à glissière
\fɛʁ.mə.ty.ʁ‿a.ɡli.sjɛʁ\
The verdict
“fermeture à glissière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif de fermeture plus connu sous le nom de fermeture Éclair.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fermeture-a-glissiere · fermeture à glissière · French
fermeture à glissière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | fermeture à glissière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.mə.ty.ʁ‿a.ɡli.sjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fermeture à glissière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛʁ.mə.ty.ʁ‿a.ɡli.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif de fermeture plus connu sous le nom de fermeture Éclair.".
fermeture à glissière has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 fermeture à glissière, spelled F-E-R-M-E-T-U-R-E- -À- -G-L-I-S-S-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dispositif de fermeture plus connu sous le nom de fermeture Éclair.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fermeture à glissière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fermeture à glissière est un moyen rapide d'assembler deux parties d'un vêtement.
Nous venons de voir que, chez le poulet, la fermeture du tube neural commence au niveau du cerveau moyen et s'étend de là, vers l'avant et vers l'arrière, à la manière d'une fermeture à glissière.
Synonyms
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.