fuseau horaire
\fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\
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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fuseau horaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.zo ɔ.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fuseau horaire” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Zone 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.
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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.