raison sociale
\ʁɛ.zɔ̃ sɔ.sjal\
The verdict
“raison sociale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de la personne morale d’une société civile, composé du nom des associés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raison-sociale · raison sociale · French
raison sociale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | raison sociale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛ.zɔ̃ sɔ.sjal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
raison sociale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɛ.zɔ̃ sɔ.sjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for raison sociale, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raison sociale, spelled R-A-I-S-O-N- -S-O-C-I-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de la personne morale d’une société civile, composé du nom des associés.
- 2Nom d’une entreprise quelle que soit la forme juridique adoptée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raison sociale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par le même acte, M. Cavelan, banquier à Paris, fut constitué gérant de cette société, qui pris en conséquence la raison sociale Cavelan et comp.
Certaines entreprises modifient leur raison sociale lorsque celle-ci leur donne une image négative, comme Charbonnages de France-Chimie.
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.