détective privée
\de.tɛk.tiv pʁi.ve\
The verdict
“détective privée” 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 September 3, 2026) - Femme qui exerce le métier de détective privé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detective-privee · détective privée · French
détective privée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | détective privée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.tɛk.tiv pʁi.ve\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détective privée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détective privée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tɛk.tiv pʁi.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui exerce le métier de détective privé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for détective privée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 détective privée, spelled D-É-T-E-C-T-I-V-E- -P-R-I-V-É-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui exerce le métier de détective privé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how détective privée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La détective privée qui était sur ses traces, Mme Obien, en avertit aussitôt Germaine d’Anglemont par téléphone et continua sa filature.
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