police d’écriture

\pɔ.lis d‿e.kʁi.tyʁ\

/\pɔ.lis d‿e.kʁi.tyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“police d’écriture” 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 May 6, 2026) - Ensemble de glyphes, représentations visuelles de caractères d’une même famille, qui regroupe tous les corps et graisses d’une même famille, dont le style est coordonné, afin de former un alphabet,...

Corpus desk

Index FR-police-d-ecriture · police d’écriture · French

police d’écriture · 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 "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.

Key facts for police d’écriture
PropertyValue
Headwordpolice d’écriture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.lis d‿e.kʁi.tyʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “police d’écriture” sits in French frequency

police d’écriture 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

police d’écriture is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.lis d‿e.kʁi.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble de glyphes, représentations visuelles de caractères d’une même famille, qui regroupe tous les corps et graisses d’une même famille, dont le style est coordonné, afin de former un alphabet,...".

Zero misspellings are on record for police d’écriture in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is police d’écriture, spelled P-O-L-I-C-E- -D-’-É-C-R-I-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de glyphes, représentations visuelles de caractères d’une même famille, qui regroupe tous les corps et graisses d’une même famille, dont le style est coordonné, afin de former un alphabet, ou la représentation de l’ensemble des caractères d’un langage, complet et cohérent.

Synonyms

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "police d’écriture"?
"police d’écriture" is spelled P-O-L-I-C-E- -D-’-É-C-R-I-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.lis d‿e.kʁi.tyʁ\.
What does "police d’écriture" mean?
As a noun, "police d’écriture" means: Ensemble de glyphes, représentations visuelles de caractères d’une même famille, qui regroupe tous les corps et graisses d’une même famille, dont le style est coordonné, afin de former un alphabet,...
How do you pronounce "police d’écriture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "police d’écriture" is \pɔ.lis d‿e.kʁi.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "police d’écriture" come from?
"police d’écriture" 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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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