station orbitale
\sta.sjɔ̃ ɔʁ.bi.tal\
The verdict
“station orbitale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Installation spatiale en orbite autour d’un astre, ne disposant pas de moyens de propulsion autonomes ou ne disposant que de moyens de propulsion réduits, et destinée à assurer une ou plusieurs mis...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | station orbitale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.sjɔ̃ ɔʁ.bi.tal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “station orbitale” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
station orbitale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.sjɔ̃ ɔʁ.bi.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Installation spatiale en orbite autour d’un astre, ne disposant pas de moyens de propulsion autonomes ou ne disposant que de moyens de propulsion réduits, et destinée à assurer une ou plusieurs mis...".
station orbitale has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is station orbitale, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -O-R-B-I-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Installation spatiale en orbite autour d’un astre, ne disposant pas de moyens de propulsion autonomes ou ne disposant que de moyens de propulsion réduits, et destinée à assurer une ou plusieurs missions déterminées avec une certaine permanence.
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.
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Using “station orbitale”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -O-R-B-I-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sta.sjɔ̃ ɔʁ.bi.tal\ (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.