demi-mondaine
\də.mi.mɔ̃.dɛn\
The verdict
“demi-mondaine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme de mœurs légères appartenant au demi-monde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-mondaine · demi-mondaine · French
demi-mondaine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | demi-mondaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mi.mɔ̃.dɛn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
demi-mondaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mi.mɔ̃.dɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme de mœurs légères appartenant au demi-monde.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for demi-mondaine, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is demi-mondaine, spelled D-E-M-I---M-O-N-D-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Femme de mœurs légères appartenant au demi-monde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how demi-mondaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les demi-mondaines du Second Empire.
Le public du premier étage est éminemment pittoresque ; on y rencontre … les demi-mondaines de demi-luxe qui pullulent à Londres aux environs de Piccadilly.
This word in other languages
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.