roman policier
\ʁɔ.mɑ̃ pɔ.li.sje\
The verdict
“roman policier” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roman à énigme concernant un crime ou un délit, dont le héros est parfois un journaliste, un détective, un policier, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roman policier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.mɑ̃ pɔ.li.sje\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roman policier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for roman policier is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ.mɑ̃ pɔ.li.sje\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for roman policier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is roman policier, spelled R-O-M-A-N- -P-O-L-I-C-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Roman à énigme concernant un crime ou un délit, dont le héros est parfois un journaliste, un détective, un policier, etc.
- 2Genre littéraire associé à ce type de roman.
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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 R-O-M-A-N- -P-O-L-I-C-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɔ.mɑ̃ pɔ.li.sje\ (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.