station à essence
\sta.sjɔ̃ a ɛ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“station à essence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Station-service.
Corpus desk
Index FR-station-a-essence · station à essence · French
station à essence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | station à essence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.sjɔ̃ a ɛ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « station à essence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
station à essence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.sjɔ̃ a ɛ.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Station-service.".
Zero misspellings are on record for station à essence in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 station à essence, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -À- -E-S-S-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Station-service.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how station à essence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la sortie du village, près d'une station à essence, vous trouverez une DS noire immatriculée 5699 HZ 75.
Une station à essence se présenta et s'il ralentit, il ne s'arrêta pas.
Synonyms
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.