station-service
\sta.sjɔ̃.sɛʁ.vis\
The verdict
“station-service” 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 principalement à la distribution de carburant, avec une éventuelle activité de libre-service et d’entretien des véhicules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-station-service · station-service · French
station-service · 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-service |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.sjɔ̃.sɛʁ.vis\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « station-service » en français
Rare enough to double-check
station-service is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.sjɔ̃.sɛʁ.vis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu destiné principalement à la distribution de carburant, avec une éventuelle activité de libre-service et d’entretien des véhicules.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for station-service, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is station-service, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N---S-E-R-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu destiné principalement à la distribution de carburant, avec une éventuelle activité de libre-service et d’entretien des véhicules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how station-service appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le véhicule disparut derrière la masse sombre de la station-service privée de gazoline depuis trois mois.
Comme par hasard, le feu se situait juste devant sa station-service, et tout le monde en ville pensait qu’Elmer l’avait réclamé pour que les gens la remarquent mieux. D’ailleurs, depuis, son affaire prospérait.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.