figure de style
\fi.ɡyʁ.də.stil\
The verdict
“figure de style” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Usage du langage figuré pour produire un effet stylistique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-figure-de-style · figure de style · French
figure de style · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | figure de style |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.ɡyʁ.də.stil\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
figure de style is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.ɡyʁ.də.stil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Usage du langage figuré pour produire un effet stylistique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for figure de style in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is figure de style, spelled F-I-G-U-R-E- -D-E- -S-T-Y-L-E.
Definition
- 1Usage du langage figuré pour produire un effet stylistique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how figure de style appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En nahuatl – la langue des Aztèques – comme dans d’autres langues mésoaméricaines, le difrasismo ou paire linguistique est une figure de style extrêmement courante. Elle consiste à décrire une chose en énumérant deux de ses composantes caractéristiques. Parmi les exemples les plus connus, «la journée, la nuit » désigne le temps, «l’eau, l’incendie » la gu…
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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.