salle obscure
\sa.l‿ops.kyʁ\
The verdict
“salle obscure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salle de cinéma.
Corpus desk
Index FR-salle-obscure · salle obscure · French
salle obscure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 obscure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.l‿ops.kyʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « salle obscure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
salle obscure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.l‿ops.kyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salle de cinéma.".
Zero misspellings are on record for salle obscure in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is salle obscure, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -O-B-S-C-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Salle de cinéma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how salle obscure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Titre] Les cinémas au cinéma : neuf films pour se plonger dans les salles obscures
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