salle de lecture
\sal də lɛk.tyʁ\
The verdict
“salle de lecture” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espace aménagé dans une bibliothèque ou un service d’archives permettant la consultation des documents sur place.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salle de lecture |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sal də lɛk.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salle de lecture” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salle de lecture is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sal də lɛk.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espace aménagé dans une bibliothèque ou un service d’archives permettant la consultation des documents sur place.".
No misspelling variants are generated for salle de lecture in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is salle de lecture, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -L-E-C-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Espace aménagé dans une bibliothèque ou un service d’archives permettant la consultation des documents sur place.
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 lecture”
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- -L-E-C-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sal də lɛk.tyʁ\ (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.