travail intellectuel

\tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\

/\tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“travail intellectuel” 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 May 6, 2026) - Forme d’activité produisant des écrits.

Key facts for travail intellectuel
PropertyValue
Headwordtravail intellectuel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “travail intellectuel” sits in French frequency

travail intellectuel 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

travail intellectuel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme d’activité produisant des écrits.".

Zero misspellings are on record for travail intellectuel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is travail intellectuel, spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme d’activité produisant des écrits.

Antonyms

travail manuel

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 intellectuel"?
"travail intellectuel" is spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\.
What does "travail intellectuel" mean?
As a noun, "travail intellectuel" means: Forme d’activité produisant des écrits.
How do you pronounce "travail intellectuel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travail intellectuel" is \tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travail intellectuel" come from?
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Using “travail intellectuel”

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- -I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʁa.vaj ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl\ (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