slackline
\slak.lajn\
The verdict
“slackline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport s'apparentant au funambulisme, consistant à progresser sur une sangle en nylon ou en polyester, sans l’aide d’accessoires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-slackline · slackline · French
slackline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | slackline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \slak.lajn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « slackline » en français
Rare enough to double-check
slackline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \slak.lajn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for slackline, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is slackline, spelled S-L-A-C-K-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Sport s'apparentant au funambulisme, consistant à progresser sur une sangle en nylon ou en polyester, sans l’aide d’accessoires.
- 2Sangle utilisée dans ce sport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slackline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au programme : initiations à différents sports, à la slackline ou à la peinture, expositions, balades sonores ou encore spectacles de théâtre.
En réalité, l’individu avait tendu une slackline sur presque toute la largeur du parc, sur laquelle il se maintenait habilement en équilibre, à un mètre du sol.
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.