culotte garçonne

\ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\

/\ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\/ noun

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The verdict

“culotte garçonne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Shorty, sous-vêtement ou maillot de bain de femme ressemblant à un short très court ou à boxer d’homme.

Key facts for culotte garçonne
PropertyValue
Headwordculotte garçonne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “culotte garçonne” sits in French frequency

culotte garçonne falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

culotte garçonne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Shorty, sous-vêtement ou maillot de bain de femme ressemblant à un short très court ou à boxer d’homme.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for culotte garçonne, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is culotte garçonne, spelled C-U-L-O-T-T-E- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Shorty, sous-vêtement ou maillot de bain de femme ressemblant à un short très court ou à boxer d’homme.

Synonyms

garçonneshorty

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culotte garçonne"?
"culotte garçonne" is spelled C-U-L-O-T-T-E- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\.
What does "culotte garçonne" mean?
As a noun, "culotte garçonne" means: Shorty, sous-vêtement ou maillot de bain de femme ressemblant à un short très court ou à boxer d’homme.
How do you pronounce "culotte garçonne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culotte garçonne" is \ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culotte garçonne" come from?
"culotte garçonne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “culotte garçonne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-U-L-O-T-T-E- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ky.lɔt ɡaʁ.sɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list