téléphone arabe
\te.le.fɔ.n‿a.ʁab\
The verdict
“téléphone arabe” 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 May 6, 2026) - Transmission rapide de nouvelles par le bouche à oreille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | téléphone arabe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.le.fɔ.n‿a.ʁab\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “téléphone arabe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
téléphone arabe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.le.fɔ.n‿a.ʁab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for téléphone arabe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is téléphone arabe, spelled T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -A-R-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Transmission rapide de nouvelles par le bouche à oreille.
- 2Jeu d’enfants consistant en une ronde où chacun communique à voix basse à son voisin une phrase ou un texte proposé par le premier joueur. On compare ensuite ce qu’a compris le dernier joueur avec le texte initial proposé.
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.
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Using “téléphone arabe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -A-R-A-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \te.le.fɔ.n‿a.ʁab\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.