frais de scolarité
\fʁɛ də skɔ.la.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“frais de scolarité” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frais que doit payer un·e étudiant·e pour son année scolaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frais de scolarité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɛ də skɔ.la.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frais de scolarité” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for frais de scolarité is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁɛ də skɔ.la.ʁi.te\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Frais que doit payer un·e étudiant·e pour son année scolaire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for frais de scolarité in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 frais de scolarité, spelled F-R-A-I-S- -D-E- -S-C-O-L-A-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Frais que doit payer un·e étudiant·e pour son année scolaire.
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 “frais de scolarité”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-A-I-S- -D-E- -S-C-O-L-A-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁɛ də skɔ.la.ʁi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.