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 May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “pause-santé” sits in French frequency
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.
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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Using “pause-santé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-U-S-E---S-A-N-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \poz.sɑ̃.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.