en famille
\ɑ̃ fa.mij\
The verdict
“en famille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec toute la famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-famille · en famille · French
en famille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en famille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ fa.mij\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en famille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en famille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃ fa.mij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
en famille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 en famille, spelled E-N- -F-A-M-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Avec toute la famille.
- 2Qui est en état de grossesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en famille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ou encore quand, en été, et que la chaleur au niveau de la mer rendait toute activité trop pénible, ils allaient pique-niquer en famille du côté du volcan.
A sort pas, c't'hiver. È t'en famille.
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.