mémoire à long terme
\me.mwaʁ a lɔ̃ tɛʁm\
The verdict
“mémoire à long terme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type de mémoire qui permet de retenir, de manière illimitée, une information sur des périodes de temps très longues (plusieurs années).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mémoire à long terme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.mwaʁ a lɔ̃ tɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mémoire à long terme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mémoire à long terme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.mwaʁ a lɔ̃ tɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de mémoire qui permet de retenir, de manière illimitée, une information sur des périodes de temps très longues (plusieurs années).".
Zero misspellings are on record for mémoire à long terme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mémoire à long terme, spelled M-É-M-O-I-R-E- -À- -L-O-N-G- -T-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Type de mémoire qui permet de retenir, de manière illimitée, une information sur des périodes de temps très longues (plusieurs années).
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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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- The one correct French spelling is M-É-M-O-I-R-E- -À- -L-O-N-G- -T-E-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \me.mwaʁ a lɔ̃ tɛʁm\ (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.