asile de fous
\a.zil də fu\
The verdict
“asile de fous” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hôpital psychiatrique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asile de fous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.zil də fu\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asile de fous” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for asile de fous is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.zil də fu\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hôpital psychiatrique.".
asile de fous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is asile de fous, spelled A-S-I-L-E- -D-E- -F-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Hôpital psychiatrique.
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 “asile de fous”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-S-I-L-E- -D-E- -F-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.