violence policière
\vjɔ.lɑ̃s po.li.sjɛʁ\
The verdict
“violence policière” 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 September 3, 2026) - Usage de la force abusive, action excessivement violente réalisée par un membre de la police.
Corpus desk
Index FR-violence-policiere · violence policière · French
violence policière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | violence policière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjɔ.lɑ̃s po.li.sjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « violence policière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
violence policière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjɔ.lɑ̃s po.li.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Usage de la force abusive, action excessivement violente réalisée par un membre de la police.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for violence policière in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is violence policière, spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E- -P-O-L-I-C-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Usage de la force abusive, action excessivement violente réalisée par un membre de la police.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how violence policière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une quatrième enquête a été ouverte pour des faits de violence policière, commis en marge des émeutes qui ont fait suite à la mort du jeune Nahel au début de l’été.
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.