sapeur-pompier
\sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\
The verdict
“sapeur-pompier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de pompier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sapeur-pompier · sapeur-pompier · French
sapeur-pompier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sapeur-pompier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sapeur-pompier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de pompier.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sapeur-pompier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sapeur-pompier, spelled S-A-P-E-U-R---P-O-M-P-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de pompier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sapeur-pompier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le calage voire l'étaiement du véhicule est une condition nécessaire à l'introduction de personnels dans le véhicule accidenté. Ce calage est effectué par les sapeurs-pompiers et utilise diverses méthodes.
Comme chaque année en début de saison estivale, de nombreux effectifs, de gendarmerie, maîtres-nageurs sauveteurs, sapeurs-pompiers, agents techniques et contractuels, viennent renforcer les services de la mairie michelaise.
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.