séparation des pouvoirs
\se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃ de pu.vwaʁ\
The verdict
“séparation des pouvoirs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Principe selon lequel les différents pouvoirs dans un État (généralement législatif, exécutif et judiciaire) sont exercés par des institutions différentes qui disposent d’une certaine indépendance ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | séparation des pouvoirs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃ de pu.vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “séparation des pouvoirs” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
séparation des pouvoirs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃ de pu.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Principe selon lequel les différents pouvoirs dans un État (généralement législatif, exécutif et judiciaire) sont exercés par des institutions différentes qui disposent d’une certaine indépendance ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for séparation des pouvoirs in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is séparation des pouvoirs, spelled S-É-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E-S- -P-O-U-V-O-I-R-S.
Definition
- 1Principe selon lequel les différents pouvoirs dans un État (généralement législatif, exécutif et judiciaire) sont exercés par des institutions différentes qui disposent d’une certaine indépendance entre elles.
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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 “séparation des pouvoirs”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-É-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E-S- -P-O-U-V-O-I-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃ de pu.vwaʁ\ (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.