agent de police
\a.ʒɑ̃ də pɔ.lis\
The verdict
“agent de police” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Policier (nom officiel).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agent de police |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʒɑ̃ də pɔ.lis\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agent de police” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for agent de police is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʒɑ̃ də pɔ.lis\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agent de police, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is agent de police, spelled A-G-E-N-T- -D-E- -P-O-L-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Policier (nom officiel).
- 2Premier grade dans la police.
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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Using “agent de police”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-G-E-N-T- -D-E- -P-O-L-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʒɑ̃ də pɔ.lis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.