station essence
\sta.sjɔ̃ ɛ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“station 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu destiné au réapprovisionnement des véhicules en carburant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-station-essence · station essence · French
station essence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | station essence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.sjɔ̃ ɛ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « station essence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
station essence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.sjɔ̃ ɛ.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu destiné au réapprovisionnement des véhicules en carburant.".
station essence doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 station essence, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -E-S-S-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu destiné au réapprovisionnement des véhicules en carburant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how station essence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la station essence suivante, nous ne prenons qu’un dollar d’essence, car elle est chère.
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.