serre-joint
\sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\
The verdict
“serre-joint” 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) - Outil utilisé dans le travail du bois et servant à tenir réunies des pièces destinées à être assemblées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serre-joint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “serre-joint” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for serre-joint is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for serre-joint in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is serre-joint, spelled S-E-R-R-E---J-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Outil utilisé dans le travail du bois et servant à tenir réunies des pièces destinées à être assemblées.
- 2Outil utilisé pour assembler différentes pièces.
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.
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Using “serre-joint”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-R-R-E---J-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛʁ ʒwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.