lieu de résidence
\ljø də ʁe.zi.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“lieu de résidence” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Endroit où une personne habite de façon habituelle ou principale, même temporairement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lieu de résidence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ljø də ʁe.zi.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lieu de résidence” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lieu de résidence is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ljø də ʁe.zi.dɑ̃s\. 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: "Endroit où une personne habite de façon habituelle ou principale, même temporairement.".
lieu de résidence doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lieu de résidence, spelled L-I-E-U- -D-E- -R-É-S-I-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Endroit où une personne habite de façon habituelle ou principale, même temporairement.
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 “lieu de résidence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-E-U- -D-E- -R-É-S-I-D-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.