pension alimentaire
\pɑ̃.sjɔ̃ a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“pension alimentaire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aide matérielle indispensable pour vivre, versée par un membre de sa famille, et réglée par autorité de justice ou par convention entre les parties.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pension alimentaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃ a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pension alimentaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pension alimentaire is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃ a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aide matérielle indispensable pour vivre, versée par un membre de sa famille, et réglée par autorité de justice ou par convention entre les parties.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pension alimentaire, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pension alimentaire, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N- -A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Aide matérielle indispensable pour vivre, versée par un membre de sa famille, et réglée par autorité de justice ou par convention entre les parties.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-N-S-I-O-N- -A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.