enfant de salaud
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\
The verdict
“enfant de salaud” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au sens propre : rejeton d’une personne méprisable
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfant de salaud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enfant de salaud” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enfant de salaud is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enfant de salaud in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 salaud, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -D-E- -S-A-L-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1Au sens propre : rejeton d’une personne méprisable
- 2Personne méprisable ou importune, parfois utilisé de manière plaisante sans intention réelle d’injurier.
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 salaud”
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- -S-A-L-A-U-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.fɑ̃.də.sa.lo\ (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.