ligne de fuite
\liɲ də fɥit\
The verdict
“ligne de fuite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure formée par l'ensemble des points de fuite d'un plan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ligne-de-fuite · ligne de fuite · French
ligne de fuite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | ligne de fuite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \liɲ də fɥit\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ligne de fuite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ligne de fuite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \liɲ də fɥit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ligne de fuite, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ligne de fuite, spelled L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -F-U-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Figure formée par l'ensemble des points de fuite d'un plan.
- 2Moyen de se dérober à quelque chose, échappatoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ligne de fuite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pierre se penche au bord de l’abîme des jours prochains et des années lointaines. Il voit un petit garçon bien membru, avançant très lestement entre quatre lignes de fuite et s’engageant dans le couloir de plus en plus exigu de la succession des temps.
Étienne chercha une ligne de fuite, mais il était désorienté, rien ne lui vint.
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.