téléphone fixe
\te.le.fɔn fiks\
The verdict
“téléphone fixe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Téléphone connecté à une ligne fixe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-telephone-fixe · téléphone fixe · French
téléphone fixe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | téléphone fixe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.le.fɔn fiks\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « téléphone fixe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
téléphone fixe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.le.fɔn fiks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Téléphone connecté à une ligne fixe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for téléphone fixe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is téléphone fixe, spelled T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -F-I-X-E.
Definition
- 1Téléphone connecté à une ligne fixe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how téléphone fixe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes en particulier sont très mobiles et souvent peu présents à la résidence où se retrouve le téléphone fixe – ce qui les rend difficiles à joindre.
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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.