hockey sur gazon

\ɔ.kɛ syʁ ɡa.zɔ̃\

/\ɔ.kɛ syʁ ɡa.zɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport où deux équipes de onze joueurs doivent rentrer une balle dans des buts en le frappant avec des crosses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hockey-sur-gazon · hockey sur gazon · French

hockey sur gazon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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 hockey sur gazon
PropertyValue
Headwordhockey sur gazon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.kɛ syʁ ɡa.zɔ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hockey sur gazon » en français

hockey sur gazonn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

hockey sur gazon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.kɛ syʁ ɡa.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport où deux équipes de onze joueurs doivent rentrer une balle dans des buts en le frappant avec des crosses.".

No misspelling variants are generated for hockey sur gazon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hockey sur gazon, spelled H-O-C-K-E-Y- -S-U-R- -G-A-Z-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sport où deux équipes de onze joueurs doivent rentrer une balle dans des buts en le frappant avec des crosses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À Melbourne, en 1956, la finale de hockey sur gazon oppose la sélection indienne à celle du Pakistan.

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 "hockey sur gazon"?
"hockey sur gazon" is spelled H-O-C-K-E-Y- -S-U-R- -G-A-Z-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.kɛ syʁ ɡa.zɔ̃\.
What does "hockey sur gazon" mean?
As a noun, "hockey sur gazon" means: Sport où deux équipes de onze joueurs doivent rentrer une balle dans des buts en le frappant avec des crosses.
How do you pronounce "hockey sur gazon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hockey sur gazon" is \ɔ.kɛ syʁ ɡa.zɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hockey sur gazon" come from?
"hockey sur gazon" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list