pays en voie de développement

\pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\

/\pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“pays en voie de développement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
29
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays du monde économiquement dans les moins développés.

Key facts for pays en voie de développement
PropertyValue
Headwordpays en voie de développement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\
Letters29
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pays en voie de développement” sits in French frequency

pays en voie de développement falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pays en voie de développement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pays du monde économiquement dans les moins développés.".

pays en voie de développement has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pays en voie de développement, spelled P-A-Y-S- -E-N- -V-O-I-E- -D-E- -D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays du monde économiquement dans les moins développés.

Synonyms

pays en développementpays sous-développé

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pays en voie de développement"?
"pays en voie de développement" is spelled P-A-Y-S- -E-N- -V-O-I-E- -D-E- -D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\.
What does "pays en voie de développement" mean?
As a noun, "pays en voie de développement" means: Pays du monde économiquement dans les moins développés.
How do you pronounce "pays en voie de développement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pays en voie de développement" is \pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pays en voie de développement" come from?
"pays en voie de développement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “pays en voie de développement”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-Y-S- -E-N- -V-O-I-E- -D-E- -D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pe.i ɑ̃ vwa də de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list