flocon de neige
\flɔ.kɔ̃ də nɛʒ\
The verdict
“flocon de neige” 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) - Agrégat macroscopique de cristaux de glace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flocon-de-neige · flocon de neige · French
flocon de neige · 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 | flocon de neige |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɔ.kɔ̃ də nɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
flocon de neige is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɔ.kɔ̃ də nɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for flocon de neige in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is flocon de neige, spelled F-L-O-C-O-N- -D-E- -N-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Agrégat macroscopique de cristaux de glace.
- 2Meuble représentant le cristal d’eau du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de cristal de givre et cristal de neige.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flocon de neige appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Taillé de gueules au soleil d’or et d’azur à un flocon de neige d’argent, qui est de la commune de Peisey-Nancroix en Savoie → voir illustration « armoiries avec un flocon de neige »
This word in other languages
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.