salon de thé
\sa.lɔ̃ də te\
The verdict
“salon de thé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Endroit public dans lequel est vendu du thé, pouvant être accompagné de pâtisseries, de gâteaux sucrés et salés, le tout consommable sur place.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salon de thé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.lɔ̃ də te\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salon de thé” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salon de thé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.lɔ̃ də te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Endroit public dans lequel est vendu du thé, pouvant être accompagné de pâtisseries, de gâteaux sucrés et salés, le tout consommable sur place.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for salon de thé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is salon de thé, spelled S-A-L-O-N- -D-E- -T-H-É.
Definition
- 1Endroit public dans lequel est vendu du thé, pouvant être accompagné de pâtisseries, de gâteaux sucrés et salés, le tout consommable sur place.
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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 “salon de thé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-O-N- -D-E- -T-H-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.lɔ̃ də te\ (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.