langue étrangère
\lɑ̃.ɡ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
The verdict
“langue étrangère” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Langue qui n’est pas la langue maternelle d’une personne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langue étrangère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ɡ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “langue étrangère” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for langue étrangère is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.ɡ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. 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: "Langue qui n’est pas la langue maternelle d’une personne.".
Zero misspellings are on record for langue étrangère in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is langue étrangère, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Langue qui n’est pas la langue maternelle d’une personne.
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 “langue étrangère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-N-G-U-E- -É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɑ̃.ɡ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\ (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.