en privé
\ɑ̃ pʁi.ve\
The verdict
“en privé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans le rendre public, seul à seul.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-prive · en privé · French
en privé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 privé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ pʁi.ve\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en privé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en privé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ pʁi.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
en privé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is en privé, spelled E-N- -P-R-I-V-É.
Definition
- 1Sans le rendre public, seul à seul.
- 2En dehors du site public, par exemple par messagerie électronique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en privé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourrais-tu m’indiquer en privé comment tu as réussi […] ?
Je ne veux pas faire de pub ici donc contactez-moi en privé.'
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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.