flûte traversière
\flyt tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɛʁ\
The verdict
“flûte traversière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom générique des flûtes à embouchure libre dont le biseau est situé au milieu du corps de l’instrument et que l’on tient de travers, de manière latérale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flûte traversière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flyt tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flûte traversière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flûte traversière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \flyt tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for flûte traversière in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 flûte traversière, spelled F-L-Û-T-E- -T-R-A-V-E-R-S-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom générique des flûtes à embouchure libre dont le biseau est situé au milieu du corps de l’instrument et que l’on tient de travers, de manière latérale.
- 2Nom courant des flûtes traversières classiques.
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.
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Using “flûte traversière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-Û-T-E- -T-R-A-V-E-R-S-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \flyt tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.