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 September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index FR-station-orbitale · station orbitale · French
station orbitale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « station orbitale » en français
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.