salle de bains
\sal də bɛ̃\
The verdict
“salle de bains” 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) - Pièce d’une habitation, comportant une baignoire ou une douche, et réservée pour se laver et se baigner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-salle-de-bains · salle de bains · French
salle de bains · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 bains |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sal də bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « salle de bains » en français
Rare enough to double-check
salle de bains is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sal də bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salle de bains appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la salle de bains attenante, elle respira une odeur d’eau de cologne et aussi un parfum chaud de corps masculin.
Je pose les pieds sur la moquette tuftée bleu canard à la texture de plastique recyclé et me traîne jusqu’à la salle de bains.
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.