enfant de pute

\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\

/\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\/ noun

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 September 3, 2026) - Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enfant-de-pute · enfant de pute · French

enfant de pute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for enfant de pute
PropertyValue
Headwordenfant de pute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enfant de pute » en français

enfant de putereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.
  2. 2
    Personne méprisable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how enfant de pute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les enfants de putes doivent quitter le domicile de leur mère à leur majorité, sous peine d'être taxés de proxénétisme.
  2. Regardez qui voilà ! Le père et la mère Fournier avec leur petite traînée. Dans le temps, on disait : « enfants de pute » ; dans leur cas ce serait plutôt : « parents de pute ».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enfant de pute"?
"enfant de pute" is spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -P-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\.
What does "enfant de pute" mean?
As a noun, "enfant de pute" means: Fils ou fille de prostituée, de femme de mauvaise vie.
How do you pronounce "enfant de pute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfant de pute" is \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.pyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enfant de pute" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list