hors-ligne
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.liɲ\
The verdict
“hors-ligne” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parcelle de terrain acquise en dehors d’une voie publique, et non employée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hors-ligne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.liɲ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hors-ligne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hors-ligne is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.liɲ\. 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: "Parcelle de terrain acquise en dehors d’une voie publique, et non employée.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hors-ligne in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 hors-ligne, spelled H-O-R-S---L-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Parcelle de terrain acquise en dehors d’une voie publique, et non employée.
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 “hors-ligne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R-S---L-I-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.liɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.