enfant de pute
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\
The verdict
“enfant de pute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- 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 pute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enfant de pute” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enfant de pute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enfant de pute in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is enfant de pute, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -P-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.
- 2Personne méprisable.
Synonyms
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 pute”
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- -P-U-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\ (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.