société civile
\sɔ.sje.te si.vil\
The verdict
“société civile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Société non commerciale soumise au droit civil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | société civile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔ.sje.te si.vil\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “société civile” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
société civile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.sje.te si.vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
société civile has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 société civile, spelled S-O-C-I-É-T-É- -C-I-V-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Société non commerciale soumise au droit civil.
- 2Ensemble des acteurs économiques et politiques d’une nation.
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 “société civile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-C-I-É-T-É- -C-I-V-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔ.sje.te si.vil\ (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.