fuseau horaire

\fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\

/\fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“fuseau horaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zone verticale de la surface terrestre, où l'heure adoptée doit être identique en tout lieu. Note: en langue française, l'expression associe deux concepts différents puisque l'heure légale d'une zo...

Key facts for fuseau horaire
PropertyValue
Headwordfuseau horaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fuseau horaire” sits in French frequency

fuseau horaire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fuseau horaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zone verticale de la surface terrestre, où l'heure adoptée doit être identique en tout lieu. Note: en langue française, l'expression associe deux concepts différents puisque l'heure légale d'une zo...".

fuseau horaire has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fuseau horaire, spelled F-U-S-E-A-U- -H-O-R-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zone verticale de la surface terrestre, où l'heure adoptée doit être identique en tout lieu. Note: en langue française, l'expression associe deux concepts différents puisque l'heure légale d'une zone administrative est rattaché à l'un des 25 fuseaux géographiques compris entre UTC-12 et UTC+12 ou à un fuseau intermédiaire additionnel.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fuseau horaire"?
"fuseau horaire" is spelled F-U-S-E-A-U- -H-O-R-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\.
What does "fuseau horaire" mean?
As a noun, "fuseau horaire" means: Zone verticale de la surface terrestre, où l'heure adoptée doit être identique en tout lieu. Note: en langue française, l'expression associe deux concepts différents puisque l'heure légale d'une zo...
How do you pronounce "fuseau horaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fuseau horaire" is \fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fuseau horaire" come from?
"fuseau horaire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “fuseau horaire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-U-S-E-A-U- -H-O-R-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list