sens des aiguilles d’une montre
\sɑ̃s de.z‿ɛ.ɡɥij dyn mɔ̃tʁ\
The verdict
“sens des aiguilles d’une montre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
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- below top-frequency French
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sens d’une rotation de gauche à droite en haut du cercle, et de droite à gauche en bas. Historiquement c’est le sens du mouvement de l’ombre du style d’un cadran solaire horizontal dans l’hémisphèr...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sens des aiguilles d’une montre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃s de.z‿ɛ.ɡɥij dyn mɔ̃tʁ\ |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sens des aiguilles d’une montre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sens des aiguilles d’une montre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃s de.z‿ɛ.ɡɥij dyn mɔ̃tʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sens d’une rotation de gauche à droite en haut du cercle, et de droite à gauche en bas. Historiquement c’est le sens du mouvement de l’ombre du style d’un cadran solaire horizontal dans l’hémisphèr...".
sens des aiguilles d’une montre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sens des aiguilles d’une montre, spelled S-E-N-S- -D-E-S- -A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E-S- -D-’-U-N-E- -M-O-N-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Sens d’une rotation de gauche à droite en haut du cercle, et de droite à gauche en bas. Historiquement c’est le sens du mouvement de l’ombre du style d’un cadran solaire horizontal dans l’hémisphère nord.
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- The one correct French spelling is S-E-N-S- -D-E-S- -A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E-S- -D-’-U-N-E- -M-O-N-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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