station de lavage

\sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\

/\sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“station de lavage” 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 May 6, 2026) - Installation pourvue du matériel nécessaire au lavage automatique des automobiles.

Key facts for station de lavage
PropertyValue
Headwordstation de lavage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “station de lavage” sits in French frequency

station de lavage falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

station de lavage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Installation pourvue du matériel nécessaire au lavage automatique des automobiles.".

station de lavage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 de lavage, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -L-A-V-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Installation pourvue du matériel nécessaire au lavage automatique des automobiles.

Synonyms

lave-auto

This word in other languages

car wash(English)Waschanlage(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "station de lavage"?
"station de lavage" is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -L-A-V-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\.
What does "station de lavage" mean?
As a noun, "station de lavage" means: Installation pourvue du matériel nécessaire au lavage automatique des automobiles.
How do you pronounce "station de lavage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "station de lavage" is \sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "station de lavage" come from?
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Using “station de lavage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -L-A-V-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sta.sjɔ̃ də la.vaʒ\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list