glissière de sécurité
\ɡli.sjɛʁ də se.ky.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“glissière de sécurité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Barrière généralement métallique disposée le long d’une voie de circulation routière pour amoindrir la gravité des accidents, en évitant notamment les sorties de route.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glissière de sécurité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡli.sjɛʁ də se.ky.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glissière de sécurité” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glissière de sécurité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡli.sjɛʁ də se.ky.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Barrière généralement métallique disposée le long d’une voie de circulation routière pour amoindrir la gravité des accidents, en évitant notamment les sorties de route.".
No misspelling variants are generated for glissière de sécurité in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is glissière de sécurité, spelled G-L-I-S-S-I-È-R-E- -D-E- -S-É-C-U-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Barrière généralement métallique disposée le long d’une voie de circulation routière pour amoindrir la gravité des accidents, en évitant notamment les sorties de route.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is G-L-I-S-S-I-È-R-E- -D-E- -S-É-C-U-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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