pause-santé
\poz.sɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“pause-santé” 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) - Pause observée pendant une séance de travail, pendant laquelle les gens peuvent se dégourdir, discuter et consommer jus, thé ou café ainsi que quelques biscuits ou muffins éventuellement.
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Index FR-pause-sante · pause-santé · French
pause-santé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pause-santé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \poz.sɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pause-santé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \poz.sɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pause observée pendant une séance de travail, pendant laquelle les gens peuvent se dégourdir, discuter et consommer jus, thé ou café ainsi que quelques biscuits ou muffins éventuellement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pause-santé in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pause-santé, spelled P-A-U-S-E---S-A-N-T-É.
Definition
- 1Pause observée pendant une séance de travail, pendant laquelle les gens peuvent se dégourdir, discuter et consommer jus, thé ou café ainsi que quelques biscuits ou muffins éventuellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pause-santé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y aura une pause-santé à 10 h.
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.