train d’atterrissage

\tʁɛ̃ da.tɛ.ʁi.saʒ\

/\tʁɛ̃ da.tɛ.ʁi.saʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“train d’atterrissage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble d’atterrisseurs permettant les évolutions au sol avant le décollage, et comprenant les éléments mécaniques permettant de supporter les contraintes d’un atterrissage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-train-d-atterrissage · train d’atterrissage · French

train d’atterrissage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for train d’atterrissage
PropertyValue
Headwordtrain d’atterrissage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɛ̃ da.tɛ.ʁi.saʒ\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « train d’atterrissage » en français

train d’atterrissagereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

train d’atterrissage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɛ̃ da.tɛ.ʁi.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble d’atterrisseurs permettant les évolutions au sol avant le décollage, et comprenant les éléments mécaniques permettant de supporter les contraintes d’un atterrissage.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for train d’atterrissage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is train d’atterrissage, spelled T-R-A-I-N- -D-’-A-T-T-E-R-R-I-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble d’atterrisseurs permettant les évolutions au sol avant le décollage, et comprenant les éléments mécaniques permettant de supporter les contraintes d’un atterrissage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how train d’atterrissage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un passager clandestin a fait 9 000 km, entre Johannesburg et Amsterdam, caché dans le train d’atterrissage avant d’un avion-cargo, a annoncé dimanche la police militaire, qui précise que l’homme a été hospitalisé «dans un état stable».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "train d’atterrissage"?
"train d’atterrissage" is spelled T-R-A-I-N- -D-’-A-T-T-E-R-R-I-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ̃ da.tɛ.ʁi.saʒ\.
What does "train d’atterrissage" mean?
As a noun, "train d’atterrissage" means: Ensemble d’atterrisseurs permettant les évolutions au sol avant le décollage, et comprenant les éléments mécaniques permettant de supporter les contraintes d’un atterrissage.
How do you pronounce "train d’atterrissage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "train d’atterrissage" is \tʁɛ̃ da.tɛ.ʁi.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "train d’atterrissage" come from?
"train d’atterrissage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list