travail à temps partiel

\tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\

/\tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“travail à temps partiel” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Travail dont la durée hebdomadaire, mensuelle ou annuelle est inférieure à celle d’un emploi à temps plein, telle que définie par la loi ou la convention collective.

Key facts for travail à temps partiel
PropertyValue
Headwordtravail à temps partiel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “travail à temps partiel” sits in French frequency

travail à temps partiel 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for travail à temps partiel is 23 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Travail dont la durée hebdomadaire, mensuelle ou annuelle est inférieure à celle d’un emploi à temps plein, telle que définie par la loi ou la convention collective.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for travail à temps partiel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented 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 travail à temps partiel, spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -À- -T-E-M-P-S- -P-A-R-T-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Travail dont la durée hebdomadaire, mensuelle ou annuelle est inférieure à celle d’un emploi à temps plein, telle que définie par la loi ou la convention collective.

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 "travail à temps partiel"?
"travail à temps partiel" is spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -À- -T-E-M-P-S- -P-A-R-T-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\.
What does "travail à temps partiel" mean?
As a noun, "travail à temps partiel" means: Travail dont la durée hebdomadaire, mensuelle ou annuelle est inférieure à celle d’un emploi à temps plein, telle que définie par la loi ou la convention collective.
How do you pronounce "travail à temps partiel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travail à temps partiel" is \tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travail à temps partiel" come from?
"travail à temps partiel" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “travail à temps partiel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -À- -T-E-M-P-S- -P-A-R-T-I-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʁa.vaj a tɑ̃ paʁ.sjɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list