téléphone public

\te.le.fɔn py.blik\

/\te.le.fɔn py.blik\/ noun

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The verdict

“téléphone public” 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 May 6, 2026) - Téléphone disposant d'un moyen de paiement pour régler la communication.

Key facts for téléphone public
PropertyValue
Headwordtéléphone public
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te.le.fɔn py.blik\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “téléphone public” sits in French frequency

téléphone public falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

téléphone public is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.le.fɔn py.blik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Téléphone disposant d'un moyen de paiement pour régler la communication.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for téléphone public in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 téléphone public, spelled T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -P-U-B-L-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Téléphone disposant d'un moyen de paiement pour régler la communication.

This word in other languages

payphone(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "téléphone public"?
"téléphone public" is spelled T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -P-U-B-L-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \te.le.fɔn py.blik\.
What does "téléphone public" mean?
As a noun, "téléphone public" means: Téléphone disposant d'un moyen de paiement pour régler la communication.
How do you pronounce "téléphone public"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "téléphone public" is \te.le.fɔn py.blik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "téléphone public" come from?
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Using “téléphone public”

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- -P-U-B-L-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \te.le.fɔn py.blik\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list