fusée lumineuse

\fy.ze ly.mi.nøz\

/\fy.ze ly.mi.nøz\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composition pyrotechnique composée d'un mélange pyrotechnique placé dans un tube en carton ou en métal, qui se consume lentement et génère un jet de lumière sans explosion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fusee-lumineuse · fusée lumineuse · French

fusée lumineuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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.

Key facts for fusée lumineuse
PropertyValue
Headwordfusée lumineuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fy.ze ly.mi.nøz\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fusée lumineuse” sits in French frequency

fusée lumineuse 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

fusée lumineuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.ze ly.mi.nøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composition pyrotechnique composée d'un mélange pyrotechnique placé dans un tube en carton ou en métal, qui se consume lentement et génère un jet de lumière sans explosion.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fusée lumineuse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fusée lumineuse, spelled F-U-S-É-E- -L-U-M-I-N-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composition pyrotechnique composée d'un mélange pyrotechnique placé dans un tube en carton ou en métal, qui se consume lentement et génère un jet de lumière sans explosion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fusée lumineuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. [un] jeune de seize ans, arrêté alors qu'il lançait une fusée lumineuse sur un gendarme mobile

Synonyms

feu de Bengale

This word in other languages

flare(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fusée lumineuse"?
"fusée lumineuse" is spelled F-U-S-É-E- -L-U-M-I-N-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.ze ly.mi.nøz\.
What does "fusée lumineuse" mean?
As a noun, "fusée lumineuse" means: Composition pyrotechnique composée d'un mélange pyrotechnique placé dans un tube en carton ou en métal, qui se consume lentement et génère un jet de lumière sans explosion.
How do you pronounce "fusée lumineuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fusée lumineuse" is \fy.ze ly.mi.nøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fusée lumineuse" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list