société-écran
\sɔ.sje.te.e.kʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“société-écran” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de société écran.
Corpus desk
Index FR-societe-ecran · société-écran · French
société-écran · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | société-écran |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔ.sje.te.e.kʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
société-écran is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.sje.te.e.kʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de société écran.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for société-écran, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is société-écran, spelled S-O-C-I-É-T-É---É-C-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de société écran.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how société-écran appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un chef d’entreprise qui monte des sociétés-écrans pour ses affaires personnelles devrait être mis au trou.
Selon l’hebdomadaire « Der Spiegel » (9/10), les soupçons se portent sur deux sociétés-écrans, en Angleterre et à Chypre, qui ont servi de boîte noire pour l’ensemble du groupe.
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.