lieu de travail

\ljø də tʁa.vaj\

/\ljø də tʁa.vaj\/ noun

The verdict

“lieu de travail” 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Endroit où l'on effectue son activité professionnelle.

Key facts for lieu de travail
PropertyValue
Headwordlieu de travail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ljø də tʁa.vaj\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lieu de travail” sits in French frequency

lieu de travail falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lieu de travail is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ljø də tʁa.vaj\. 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 l'on effectue son activité professionnelle.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lieu de travail, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lieu de travail, spelled L-I-E-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Endroit où l'on effectue son activité professionnelle.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lieu de travail"?
"lieu de travail" is spelled L-I-E-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ljø də tʁa.vaj\.
What does "lieu de travail" mean?
As a noun, "lieu de travail" means: Endroit où l'on effectue son activité professionnelle.
How do you pronounce "lieu de travail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lieu de travail" is \ljø də tʁa.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lieu de travail" come from?
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Using “lieu de travail”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-I-E-U- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ljø də tʁa.vaj\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list