enfant de garce
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.ɡaʁs\
The verdict
“enfant de garce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfant-de-garce · enfant de garce · French
enfant de garce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | enfant de garce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.ɡaʁs\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enfant de garce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.ɡaʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for enfant de garce, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is enfant de garce, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -G-A-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.
- 2Personne méprisable.
- 3Personne qui suscite l'étonnement, voire l'admiration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enfant de garce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son vocabulaire n’était pas plus étendu que celui de François, mais il était bien suffisant pour exprimer ses idées et ses sentiments. Il les traduisit en disant : « Quel enfant de garce ! ça, c’est un bel enfant de garce ! » Il répéta cette opinion une dizaine de fois, avec de petits rires satisfaits. Puis tout à coup, en me montrant du doigt, il exprima…
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.