travail temporaire

\tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\

/\tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - travail effectué pour une durée limitée, souvent par l’intermédiaire d’une agence d’intérim ou dans le cadre d’un contrat à durée déterminée.

Key facts for travail temporaire
PropertyValue
Headwordtravail temporaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “travail temporaire” sits in French frequency

travail temporaire 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 temporaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "travail effectué pour une durée limitée, souvent par l’intermédiaire d’une agence d’intérim ou dans le cadre d’un contrat à durée déterminée.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for travail temporaire, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 travail temporaire, spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -T-E-M-P-O-R-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    travail effectué pour une durée limitée, souvent par l’intermédiaire d’une agence d’intérim ou dans le cadre d’un contrat à durée déterminée.

Synonyms

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 temporaire"?
"travail temporaire" is spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L- -T-E-M-P-O-R-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\.
What does "travail temporaire" mean?
As a noun, "travail temporaire" means: travail effectué pour une durée limitée, souvent par l’intermédiaire d’une agence d’intérim ou dans le cadre d’un contrat à durée déterminée.
How do you pronounce "travail temporaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travail temporaire" is \tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travail temporaire" come from?
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Using “travail temporaire”

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- -T-E-M-P-O-R-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʁa.vaj tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛʁ\ (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