sapeurs-pompiers
\sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\
The verdict
“sapeurs-pompiers” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de sapeur-pompier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sapeurs-pompiers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sapeurs-pompiers” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sapeurs-pompiers is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\. 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: "Pluriel de sapeur-pompier.".
sapeurs-pompiers 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sapeurs-pompiers, spelled S-A-P-E-U-R-S---P-O-M-P-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de sapeur-pompier.
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 “sapeurs-pompiers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-P-E-U-R-S---P-O-M-P-I-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.pœʁ.pɔ̃.pje\ (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.