abus de confiance
\a.by də kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\
The verdict
“abus de confiance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Désigne une escroquerie, souvent désignée comme qualification d’une infraction pénale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abus de confiance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.by də kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abus de confiance” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abus de confiance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.by də kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Désigne une escroquerie, souvent désignée comme qualification d’une infraction pénale.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abus de confiance, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abus de confiance, spelled A-B-U-S- -D-E- -C-O-N-F-I-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Désigne une escroquerie, souvent désignée comme qualification d’une infraction pénale.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-B-U-S- -D-E- -C-O-N-F-I-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.by də kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.