ligne de partage des eaux
\liŋ də paʁ.taʒ de.z‿o\
The verdict
“ligne de partage des eaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ligne qui délimite deux bassins versants adjacents, telle une crête.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ligne de partage des eaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \liŋ də paʁ.taʒ de.z‿o\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ligne de partage des eaux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ligne de partage des eaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \liŋ də paʁ.taʒ de.z‿o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ligne de partage des eaux, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ligne de partage des eaux, spelled L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -P-A-R-T-A-G-E- -D-E-S- -E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Ligne qui délimite deux bassins versants adjacents, telle une crête.
- 2Moment où des existences longtemps liées se séparent et prennent des voies différentes.
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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 partage des eaux”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -P-A-R-T-A-G-E- -D-E-S- -E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \liŋ də paʁ.taʒ de.z‿o\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.