saut en longueur
\so ɑ̃ lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\
The verdict
“saut en longueur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épreuve d’athlétisme où un athlète tente de sauter aussi loin que possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saut-en-longueur · saut en longueur · French
saut en longueur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | saut en longueur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \so ɑ̃ lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « saut en longueur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
saut en longueur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \so ɑ̃ lɔ̃.ɡœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve d’athlétisme où un athlète tente de sauter aussi loin que possible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for saut en longueur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is saut en longueur, spelled S-A-U-T- -E-N- -L-O-N-G-U-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Épreuve d’athlétisme où un athlète tente de sauter aussi loin que possible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how saut en longueur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une piste de saut en longueur sera installée pour permettre au champion paralympique allemand Markus Rehm de tenter de battre son propre record.
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.