première classe
\pʁə.mjɛʁ klas\
The verdict
“première classe” 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 September 3, 2026) - Nom que l’on donne aux sièges, aux compartiments, aux zones, aux cabines, etc. les plus confortables d’un moyen de transport.
Corpus desk
Index FR-premiere-classe · première classe · French
première classe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | première classe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁə.mjɛʁ klas\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « première classe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
première classe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁə.mjɛʁ klas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom que l’on donne aux sièges, aux compartiments, aux zones, aux cabines, etc. les plus confortables d’un moyen de transport.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for première classe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is première classe, spelled P-R-E-M-I-È-R-E- -C-L-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Nom que l’on donne aux sièges, aux compartiments, aux zones, aux cabines, etc. les plus confortables d’un moyen de transport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how première classe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’aimerais simplement savoir quel genre de mec peint des croûtes pour faire joli dans les première classe des long-courriers.
Gabriel se dirigea vers les wagons de queue où étaient assignés les conscrits, entre les bagages les plus encombrants et la réserve à charbon. Au passage, il aida une fort jolie dame, avec une robe aussi large qu’une cloche d’église, à gravir le marchepied qui donnait accès aux compartiments de la première classe, avant de regagner sa propre voiture, son…
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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.