employé de bureau

\ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\

/\ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salarié travaillant dans un bureau, sans fonction de commandement ou de décision, pour effectuer des tâches de nature administrative, telles qu’écritures, dactylographie, enregistrement, transcript...

Key facts for employé de bureau
PropertyValue
Headwordemployé de bureau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “employé de bureau” sits in French frequency

employé de bureau 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

employé de bureau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for employé de bureau, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is employé de bureau, spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-É- -D-E- -B-U-R-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salarié travaillant dans un bureau, sans fonction de commandement ou de décision, pour effectuer des tâches de nature administrative, telles qu’écritures, dactylographie, enregistrement, transcription, tri et rangement de documents, secrétariat.
  2. 2
    Employés du secteur privé qualifiés ou non, affectés à des tâches d’administration générale, d’administration des achats et des ventes, de contentieux, ou de gestion du personnel, ne faisant pas appel à des techniques comptables ou financières.

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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 "employé de bureau"?
"employé de bureau" is spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-É- -D-E- -B-U-R-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\.
What does "employé de bureau" mean?
As a noun, "employé de bureau" means: Salarié travaillant dans un bureau, sans fonction de commandement ou de décision, pour effectuer des tâches de nature administrative, telles qu’écritures, dactylographie, enregistrement, transcript...
How do you pronounce "employé de bureau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "employé de bureau" is \ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "employé de bureau" come from?
"employé de bureau" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “employé de bureau”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-L-O-Y-É- -D-E- -B-U-R-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɑ̃.plwɑ.je d(ə.)by.ʁo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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