police fédérale

\po.lis fe.de.ʁal\

/\po.lis fe.de.ʁal\/ noun

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The verdict

“police fédérale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Force de police ayant autorité dans plusieurs états fédérés.

Key facts for police fédérale
PropertyValue
Headwordpolice fédérale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.lis fe.de.ʁal\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “police fédérale” sits in French frequency

police fédérale 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 fédérale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.lis fe.de.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Force de police ayant autorité dans plusieurs états fédérés.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for police fédérale, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is police fédérale, spelled P-O-L-I-C-E- -F-É-D-É-R-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Force de police ayant autorité dans plusieurs états fédérés.

This word in other languages

Bundespolizei(Deutsch)

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 "police fédérale"?
"police fédérale" is spelled P-O-L-I-C-E- -F-É-D-É-R-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \po.lis fe.de.ʁal\.
What does "police fédérale" mean?
As a noun, "police fédérale" means: Force de police ayant autorité dans plusieurs états fédérés.
How do you pronounce "police fédérale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "police fédérale" is \po.lis fe.de.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "police fédérale" come from?
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Using “police fédérale”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-I-C-E- -F-É-D-É-R-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \po.lis fe.de.ʁal\ (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