hors-ligne
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.liɲ\
The verdict
“hors-ligne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parcelle de terrain acquise en dehors d’une voie publique, et non employée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hors-ligne · hors-ligne · French
hors-ligne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « hors-ligne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hors-ligne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.liɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hors-ligne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les hors-ligne sont des portions de terrain non occupées par la ligne ou ses dépendances, et dont les propriétaires peuvent exiger l’acquisition, en vertu de la loi du 3 mai 1841 ; ces hors-ligne pourront être vendus au profit du département.
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.