franc suisse
\fʁɑ̃ sɥis\
The verdict
“franc suisse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie officielle de la Suisse et du Liechtenstein.
Corpus desk
Index FR-franc-suisse · franc suisse · French
franc suisse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | franc suisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃ sɥis\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
franc suisse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɑ̃ sɥis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monnaie officielle de la Suisse et du Liechtenstein.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for franc suisse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is franc suisse, spelled F-R-A-N-C- -S-U-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Monnaie officielle de la Suisse et du Liechtenstein.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how franc suisse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– N’oubliez quand même pas qu’un franc suisse vaut pas mal de zlotys !
Présentés par Dexia comme peu risqués, ces produits dits « structuré » comprenaient une première phase de remboursements à taux fixe plutôt alléchante et une seconde à taux variable — indexée sur des parités de change entre l’euro, le franc suisse, le yen et le dollar.
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.