homicide volontaire
\o.mi.sid vo.lɔ̃.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“homicide volontaire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fait de causer la mort d'autrui délibérément.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homicide volontaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.mi.sid vo.lɔ̃.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “homicide volontaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for homicide volontaire is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.mi.sid vo.lɔ̃.tɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fait de causer la mort d'autrui délibérément.".
Zero misspellings are on record for homicide volontaire in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is homicide volontaire, spelled H-O-M-I-C-I-D-E- -V-O-L-O-N-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Fait de causer la mort d'autrui délibérément.
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 “homicide volontaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-M-I-C-I-D-E- -V-O-L-O-N-T-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o.mi.sid vo.lɔ̃.tɛʁ\ (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.