médaille de bronze

\me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\

/\me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\/ noun

The verdict

“médaille de bronze” 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
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Médaille en bronze attribuée aux sportifs qui obtiennent la troisième place dans certaines grandes compétitions.

Key facts for médaille de bronze
PropertyValue
Headwordmédaille de bronze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “médaille de bronze” sits in French frequency

médaille de bronze 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 médaille de bronze is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\. 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: "Médaille en bronze attribuée aux sportifs qui obtiennent la troisième place dans certaines grandes compétitions.".

médaille de bronze has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is médaille de bronze, spelled M-É-D-A-I-L-L-E- -D-E- -B-R-O-N-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médaille en bronze attribuée aux sportifs qui obtiennent la troisième place dans certaines grandes compétitions.

Synonyms

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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 "médaille de bronze"?
"médaille de bronze" is spelled M-É-D-A-I-L-L-E- -D-E- -B-R-O-N-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\.
What does "médaille de bronze" mean?
As a noun, "médaille de bronze" means: Médaille en bronze attribuée aux sportifs qui obtiennent la troisième place dans certaines grandes compétitions.
How do you pronounce "médaille de bronze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "médaille de bronze" is \me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "médaille de bronze" come from?
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Using “médaille de bronze”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-É-D-A-I-L-L-E- -D-E- -B-R-O-N-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \me.daj də bʁɔ̃z\ (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