salle des visites

\sal de vi.zit\

/\sal de vi.zit\/ noun

The verdict

“salle des visites” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salle destinée à un parloir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-salle-des-visites · salle des visites · French

salle des visites · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for salle des visites
PropertyValue
Headwordsalle des visites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sal de vi.zit\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « salle des visites » en français

salle des visitessiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

salle des visites is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sal de vi.zit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salle destinée à un parloir.".

salle des visites has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is salle des visites, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E-S- -V-I-S-I-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salle destinée à un parloir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how salle des visites appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans certains pénitenciers, la confidentialité des conversations avec les avocats fait défaut, étant donné que ces conversations peuvent avoir lieu dans une rangée de cellules ouvertes ou dans la salle des visites, où tout le monde dans la pièce peut entendre.
  2. C'est la visite normale qui se déroule dans la salle des visites de la prison.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salle des visites"?
"salle des visites" is spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E-S- -V-I-S-I-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sal de vi.zit\.
What does "salle des visites" mean?
As a noun, "salle des visites" means: Salle destinée à un parloir.
How do you pronounce "salle des visites"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salle des visites" is \sal de vi.zit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salle des visites" come from?
"salle des visites" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list