bar à putes
\ba.ʁ‿a pyt\
The verdict
“bar à putes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bar ou dancing où l’on peut trouver des prostituées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bar-a-putes · bar à putes · French
bar à putes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bar à putes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁ‿a pyt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bar à putes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁ‿a pyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bar ou dancing où l’on peut trouver des prostituées.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bar à putes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bar à putes, spelled B-A-R- -À- -P-U-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Bar ou dancing où l’on peut trouver des prostituées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bar à putes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lucien se souvenait qu’une nuit, pris d’une folle angoisse, il avait glissé de la fenêtre du second étage jusqu’au trottoir puis il avait erré en pyjama jusqu’à ce qu’une patrouille de police le recueille puis retrouve sa mère dans un bar à putes.
Pas complètement un bar à putes, même si l’on peut se douter que les filles du bar ne sont pas tout a fait les demoiselles du couvent des Oiseaux.
Synonyms
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.