zone humide
\zo.n‿y.mid\
The verdict
“zone humide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région où le principal facteur d'influence du biotope et de sa biocénose est l'eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zone-humide · zone humide · French
zone humide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zone humide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zo.n‿y.mid\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zone humide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zone humide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zo.n‿y.mid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zone humide, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zone humide, spelled Z-O-N-E- -H-U-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Région où le principal facteur d'influence du biotope et de sa biocénose est l'eau.
- 2Terres couvertes ou saturées d'eau en permanence ou pendant une partie importante de l'année, selon la Directive 2009/28/CE du Parlement européen.
- 3Zone littorale où l’eau est stagnante ou courante, douce, saumâtre ou salée, y compris des étendues d’eau marine dont la profondeur à marée basse n’excède pas six mètres, dans la Convention de Ramsar
- 4Surface chargée de substance ou vapeur aqueuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zone humide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La basse vallée de la Seine abrite de nombreuses zones humides (vasières, prairies humides, tourbières…) et représente un ensemble écologique de première importance pour la biodiversité au niveau international.
Les zones humides ont la capacité de retenir l’eau, de la stocker et ainsi de limiter les crues et inondations.
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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.