sens figuré
\sɑ̃s fi.ɡy.ʁe\
The verdict
“sens figuré” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signification non littérale.
| 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) |
Where “sens figuré” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sens figuré is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃s fi.ɡy.ʁe\. 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: "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.
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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.
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Using “sens figuré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-N-S- -F-I-G-U-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃s fi.ɡy.ʁe\ (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.