salle de bains
\sal də bɛ̃\
The verdict
“salle de bains” 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) - Pièce d’une habitation, comportant une baignoire ou une douche, et réservée pour se laver et se baigner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salle de bains |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sal də bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salle de bains” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for salle de bains is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sal də bɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pièce d’une habitation, comportant une baignoire ou une douche, et réservée pour se laver et se baigner.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for salle de bains, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is salle de bains, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -B-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pièce d’une habitation, comportant une baignoire ou une douche, et réservée pour se laver et se baigner.
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.
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Using “salle de bains”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -B-A-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sal də bɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.