zone interdite
\zɔ.n‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\
The verdict
“zone interdite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aire dont l’accès est limité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zone-interdite · zone interdite · French
zone interdite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 interdite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zɔ.n‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zone interdite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zone interdite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɔ.n‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zone interdite in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 zone interdite, spelled Z-O-N-E- -I-N-T-E-R-D-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Aire dont l’accès est limité.
- 2Zone du territoire français dont l’accès était très fortement réglementé par les forces d’occupation allemandes, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zone interdite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et cela créait autour d’elle une sorte de zone interdite, presque tangible, qui empêchait toute familiarité.
Synonyms
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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.