ligne de chemin de fer
\liɲ də ʃə.mɛ̃ də fɛʁ\
The verdict
“ligne de chemin de fer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chemin destiné à la circulation de trains, composé d’une ou plusieurs voies ferrées, et accompagné des dispositifs nécessaires à son exploitation, tel les équipements de sécurité et de signalisatio...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ligne de chemin de fer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \liɲ də ʃə.mɛ̃ də fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ligne de chemin de fer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ligne de chemin de fer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \liɲ də ʃə.mɛ̃ də fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chemin destiné à la circulation de trains, composé d’une ou plusieurs voies ferrées, et accompagné des dispositifs nécessaires à son exploitation, tel les équipements de sécurité et de signalisatio...".
No misspelling variants are generated for ligne de chemin de fer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ligne de chemin de fer, spelled L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-M-I-N- -D-E- -F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Chemin destiné à la circulation de trains, composé d’une ou plusieurs voies ferrées, et accompagné des dispositifs nécessaires à son exploitation, tel les équipements de sécurité et de signalisation et, s’il s’agit d’une ligne électrifiée, des caténaires et les sous-stations qui les alimentent.
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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 “ligne de chemin de fer”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-M-I-N- -D-E- -F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \liɲ də ʃə.mɛ̃ də fɛʁ\ (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.