zone de libre-échange

\zon də li.bʁe.ʃɑ̃ʒ\

/\zon də li.bʁe.ʃɑ̃ʒ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Territoire ouvert à la libre circulation des marchandises.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zone-de-libre-echange · zone de libre-échange · French

zone de libre-échange · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 zone de libre-échange
PropertyValue
Headwordzone de libre-échange
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zon də li.bʁe.ʃɑ̃ʒ\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “zone de libre-échange” sits in French frequency

zone de libre-échange 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

zone de libre-échange is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zon də li.bʁe.ʃɑ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Territoire ouvert à la libre circulation des marchandises.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zone de libre-échange, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zone de libre-échange, spelled Z-O-N-E- -D-E- -L-I-B-R-E---É-C-H-A-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Territoire ouvert à la libre circulation des marchandises.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zone de libre-échange"?
"zone de libre-échange" is spelled Z-O-N-E- -D-E- -L-I-B-R-E---É-C-H-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \zon də li.bʁe.ʃɑ̃ʒ\.
What does "zone de libre-échange" mean?
As a noun, "zone de libre-échange" means: Territoire ouvert à la libre circulation des marchandises.
How do you pronounce "zone de libre-échange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zone de libre-échange" is \zon də li.bʁe.ʃɑ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zone de libre-échange" come from?
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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