sens figuré
\sɑ̃s fi.ɡy.ʁe\
The verdict
“sens figuré” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signification non littérale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sens-figure · sens figuré · French
sens figuré · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | sens figuré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃s fi.ɡy.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sens figuré is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃s fi.ɡy.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signification non littérale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sens figuré in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sens figuré, spelled S-E-N-S- -F-I-G-U-R-É.
Definition
- 1Signification non littérale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sens figuré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MÉTAPHORE, sf Figure de rhétorique ; espèce de comparaison abrégée, par laquelle on transporte un mot du sens propre au sens figuré. — (Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, huitième édition, 1932-1935 (métaphore))
Le sens dit figuré : métaphore et métonymie.
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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.