salle des fêtes

\sal de fɛt\

/\sal de fɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“salle des fêtes” 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salle destinée à l’organisation de festivités, de repas, publics ou privés.

Key facts for salle des fêtes
PropertyValue
Headwordsalle des fêtes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sal de fɛt\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “salle des fêtes” sits in French frequency

salle des fêtes falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for salle des fêtes is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sal de fɛt\. 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.

No misspelling variants are generated for salle des fêtes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is salle des fêtes, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E-S- -F-Ê-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salle destinée à l’organisation de festivités, de repas, publics ou privés.
  2. 2
    Vagin.

Synonyms

halle des fêtes

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salle des fêtes"?
"salle des fêtes" is spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E-S- -F-Ê-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sal de fɛt\.
What does "salle des fêtes" mean?
As a noun, "salle des fêtes" means: Salle destinée à l’organisation de festivités, de repas, publics ou privés.
How do you pronounce "salle des fêtes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salle des fêtes" is \sal de fɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salle des fêtes" come from?
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Using “salle des fêtes”

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-S- -F-Ê-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sal de fɛt\ (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.

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