salle de bain
\sal də bɛ̃\
The verdict
“salle de bain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de salle de bains.
Corpus desk
Index FR-salle-de-bain · salle de bain · French
salle de bain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | salle de bain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sal də bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « salle de bain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
salle de bain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sal də bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de salle de bains.".
salle de bain has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 salle de bain, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de salle de bains.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how salle de bain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La vue du lit en désordre, du pyjama abandonné sur une chaise, d’une robe de chambre suspendue dans la salle de bain, l’émut pourtant.
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.