La Roue de la fortune

When the franc was in use, the minimum cash value on the wheel was 500₣ and the top values went as high as 10,000₣. Since adopting the euro, values ranged from €0 - €500 with top values of €1,000, €1,500, and €2,000. Since 2012, the values are ranged from €0 - €300. The €0 space meant a contestant had to guess a letter correctly to continue but won nothing.

• Relance/Joker: Free Spin (used only in the original versions).
• Passe: Lose a Turn.
• Banqueroute: Bankrupt. Note that the Bankrupt/$10,000/Bankrupt wedge was only used in the 2006 version in Round 4. In January 2012, this was replaced by a €60,000 wedge which worked the same way as the Million Dollar Wedge in the current US version.
• Jackpot: The Jackpot was administered differently from the US version. The value was €0 at the beginning of the game and increased with every spin of the wheel but did not become available until round three. Starting with the third round, the Jackpot wedge was added and administered like a regular prize wedge in that a player must land on the wedge and call a letter in the puzzle to acquire the special wedge. The player must not hit Bankrupt for the remainder of the round and solve the puzzle to win the Jackpot.
• Mystfre: Mystery. Used in Round 2 from October 26 to December 18, 2009 and in Round 1 in the 2012 version, these wedges offered €300 (€50 in 2012) per letter or a chance to flip it. It could be €2,500 (€500 in 2012) or Bankrupt.

Having first appeared on the French version on 31 August 2009, the Jackpot wedge was similar to the US Jackpot wedge used in Season 26. The wedge had a 3D design which made it stand out above the rest of the wheel.

Two different wedges

Hold up: Used in Round 4, anyone who landed on this wedge and correctly guessed a letter could steal the earnings of the leading opponent in that round, just like the "Power" wedge from the Philippine ABS-CBN version of Wheel of Fortune. In the Dutch version, this is called "Overhaul."

Caverne: Used in Round 2, a player who landed on this wedge would have the opportunity to win small prizes, such as electronics, bicycles, etc. They had 15 seconds to select as many prizes from the Cave as possible. However, if the total value of the chosen prizes exceeded a set limit they lost all the prizes. In the original version, the limit was 15,000₣. It then became €2,500 in round two and €2,000 in round three. After the premiere of the Jackpot round on 31 August 2009, the value of the Caverne space was worth €2,000 in both rounds two and three. In the 2012 version, the time limit was 30 seconds with a €1,500 limit.

The Caverne space was similar to a blend of the classic shopping for prizes segment combined with the physical game action of the US children's version Wheel 2000.

Zero Euro Wedge: A player who landed on this wedge needed to correctly guess a letter on the board to remain in control of the wheel but collected nothing. Note the US version of Wheel of Fortune had a $0 wedge, but this existed only during the first pilot in 1973 (named "Shopper's Bazaar").

Flash Cash: This existed in Round 3 only in the 2012 version. If a player landed on this, he or she had 10 seconds to solve the puzzle for a bonus up to €1,000, decreasing by €100 for each second spent trying to guess the puzzle. It is likely unknown whether or not the turn was lost if the 10 seconds ran out.

Vowels cost 2,000₣ (1,000₣ by 1994), but were later worth €200 beginning in 2006 and €100 in 2012. Like the US version, if a player had enough money to buy a vowel, they could do so at a flat rate, and not at a multiplied rate like consonants. Unlike the US version, the fee is not levied if the called vowel is not in the puzzle.

The original French version used the pre-1987 US version element of shopping, which worked exactly the same way. However, the more recent incarnations offered for cash (as has been the case since 1987 in the US version).

A major difference with the US version was the toss-up puzzle. In this version, every round started with such a puzzle (in the US version, they are played before contestant interviews, and before the first and fourth rounds). However, like the US version, there was a toss-up before the contestant interviews to determine who would be introduced first.

Furthermore, they were worth €500 and the right to start the round with the €500 that could be lost if a player spins Bankrupt. The regular puzzle must be solved to keep the money. (The 2007-09 Italian version of the show would repeat this concept.)

The more recent versions used the US version's 2001 rules with a 24-space Bonus Wheel, with the top winner of the day spinning it. In 2006, the prizes could be cash amounts from €5,000, €7,500, €10,000, €15,000, €20,000, and €25,000, two cars, or the top prize of €100,000. In the daily version from 2012, the envelopes contained one car, €2,000, €2,500, €3,000, €4,000, €5,000, €10,000, and the top prize was €30,000 unless the €60,000 wedge was brought into the bonus round.

The contestant was then shown a puzzle and then all of the instances of R, S, T, L, N and E which appeared in that puzzle. The contestant then chose three more consonants and an additional vowel. After all the letters were chosen, they were revealed if they appear in the puzzle. The player then had 10 seconds to solve the puzzle. As is the case in the US version, the player's prize they were playing for was not revealed until after the round ends.

In the original run, the player chose five consonants and a vowel. From 1994 until 1997, the winning player touched one of 24 panels at his or her podium, each of which concealed two different consonants which would light up when touched, and the player called three more consonants and then a vowel.