agent de police
\a.ʒɑ̃ də pɔ.lis\
The verdict
“agent de police” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Policier (nom officiel).
Corpus desk
Index FR-agent-de-police · agent de police · French
agent de police · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « agent de police » en français
Rare enough to double-check
agent de police is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʒɑ̃ də pɔ.lis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agent de police appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis il s'apaisa tout à coup, lorsque […] son valet de chambre, excusa leur retard en lui disant qu’ils avaient été arrêtés à l'entrée de Montreuil par des gendarmes et des agents de police en quête d'un assassin.
L’heure du repas s’approchait dangereusement lorsqu’une agent de police me sortit de la salle d’attente pour me guider jusqu’à un box d’entretien, un peu plus loin au rez-de-chaussée.
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.