minute de silence
\mi.nyt də si.lɑ̃s\
The verdict
“minute de silence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silence observé par une assemblée pendant une minute en mémoire d’un mort (ou de morts).
Corpus desk
Index FR-minute-de-silence · minute de silence · French
minute de silence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | minute de silence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.nyt də si.lɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
minute de silence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.nyt də si.lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Silence observé par une assemblée pendant une minute en mémoire d’un mort (ou de morts).".
No misspelling variants are generated for minute de silence in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is minute de silence, spelled M-I-N-U-T-E- -D-E- -S-I-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Silence observé par une assemblée pendant une minute en mémoire d’un mort (ou de morts).
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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.