fusil d’assaut
\fy.zi d‿a.so\
The verdict
“fusil d’assaut” 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) - Fusil épaulé avant le tir et conçu pour qu’un soldat soit capable de tirer de façon efficace jusqu’à environ 300 mètres en mode semi-automatique, et à environ 30 mètres en tir automatique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fusil d’assaut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.zi d‿a.so\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fusil d’assaut” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fusil d’assaut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.zi d‿a.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fusil épaulé avant le tir et conçu pour qu’un soldat soit capable de tirer de façon efficace jusqu’à environ 300 mètres en mode semi-automatique, et à environ 30 mètres en tir automatique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fusil d’assaut, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fusil d’assaut, spelled F-U-S-I-L- -D-’-A-S-S-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1Fusil épaulé avant le tir et conçu pour qu’un soldat soit capable de tirer de façon efficace jusqu’à environ 300 mètres en mode semi-automatique, et à environ 30 mètres en tir automatique.
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 “fusil d’assaut”
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- The one correct French spelling is F-U-S-I-L- -D-’-A-S-S-A-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fy.zi d‿a.so\ (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.