spin-off
\spi.nɔf\
The verdict
“spin-off” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Société commerciale née d'une scission d'une société plus grande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spin-off · spin-off · French
spin-off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | spin-off |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spi.nɔf\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
spin-off is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \spi.nɔf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Société commerciale née d'une scission d'une société plus grande.".
spin-off doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is spin-off, spelled S-P-I-N---O-F-F.
Definition
- 1Société commerciale née d'une scission d'une société plus grande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spin-off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En levant 3,2 millions d’euros, mercredi 20 mars, la spin-off du CEA-Leti souhaite tester un démonstrateur en conditions réelles chez des clients pour le marché industriel d’ici la fin de l’année.
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.