salle obscure
\sa.l‿ops.kyʁ\
The verdict
“salle obscure” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salle de cinéma.
| 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) |
Where “salle obscure” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for salle obscure is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.l‿ops.kyʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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 obscure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-L-E- -O-B-S-C-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.l‿ops.kyʁ\ (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.