demoiselle du téléphone
\də.mwa.zɛl dy te.le.fɔn\
The verdict
“demoiselle du téléphone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeune femme exerçant la profession de téléphoniste dans un central téléphonique manuel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demoiselle du téléphone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mwa.zɛl dy te.le.fɔn\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “demoiselle du téléphone” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
demoiselle du téléphone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mwa.zɛl dy te.le.fɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune femme exerçant la profession de téléphoniste dans un central téléphonique manuel.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for demoiselle du téléphone, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 demoiselle du téléphone, spelled D-E-M-O-I-S-E-L-L-E- -D-U- -T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Jeune femme exerçant la profession de téléphoniste dans un central téléphonique manuel.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is D-E-M-O-I-S-E-L-L-E- -D-U- -T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.