enfant de chœur
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃ də kœʁ\
The verdict
“enfant de chœur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeune servant occasionnel et bénévole, dans les rites catholiques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfant de chœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ də kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enfant de chœur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for enfant de chœur is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ də kœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for enfant de chœur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 enfant de chœur, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -C-H-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Jeune servant occasionnel et bénévole, dans les rites catholiques.
- 2Individu n’ayant jamais contrevenu à la loi. Note d’usage : Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative.
- 3Personne un peu naïve, qui ne conçoit et ne perçoit que le bien et agit toujours en ce sens.
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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.
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Using “enfant de chœur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -C-H-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ də kœʁ\ (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.