station thermale
\sta.sjɔ̃ tɛʁ.mal\
The verdict
“station thermale” 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) - Localité dotée d’un ou plusieurs établissements spécialisés dans le traitement d’affections diverses par les eaux minérales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-station-thermale · station thermale · French
station thermale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 thermale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.sjɔ̃ tɛʁ.mal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « station thermale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
station thermale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.sjɔ̃ tɛʁ.mal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Localité dotée d’un ou plusieurs établissements spécialisés dans le traitement d’affections diverses par les eaux minérales.".
station thermale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 thermale, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N- -T-H-E-R-M-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Localité dotée d’un ou plusieurs établissements spécialisés dans le traitement d’affections diverses par les eaux minérales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how station thermale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 31 décembre 1940, dans le plus grand secret, les internés de Pellevoisin quittent la petite ville de l'Indre, sous importante escorte policière. Destination : Vals-les-Bains, petite station thermale de l'Ardèche au fond de la vallée de la Volane.
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.