mètre ruban
\mɛ.tʁə.ʁy.bɑ̃\
The verdict
“mètre ruban” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de mesure de longueurs constitué d’un ruban gradué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-metre-ruban · mètre ruban · French
mètre ruban · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mètre ruban |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə.ʁy.bɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mètre ruban is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə.ʁy.bɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument de mesure de longueurs constitué d’un ruban gradué.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mètre ruban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 mètre ruban, spelled M-È-T-R-E- -R-U-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Instrument de mesure de longueurs constitué d’un ruban gradué.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mètre ruban appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il sortit de sa poche un mètre ruban métallique, qu'il déplia jusqu'à deux mètres, et au bout duquel il fixa une boucle faite avec un morceau de corde, […].
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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.