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 May 6, 2026) - Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.
| 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) |
Where “enfant de garce” sits in French frequency
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.
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 garce”
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- -G-A-R-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.ɡaʁs\ (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.