enfant gâté
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃ ɡɑ.te\
The verdict
“enfant gâté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne capricieuse, exigeante, d’humeur mobile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfant-gate · enfant gâté · French
enfant gâté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 gâté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ ɡɑ.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enfant gâté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ ɡɑ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enfant gâté in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enfant gâté, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -G-Â-T-É.
Definition
- 1Personne capricieuse, exigeante, d’humeur mobile.
- 2La personne préférée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfant gâté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chacun sentait qu’un mot, une attitude pourraient provoquer chez l’enfant gâté qu’était Darnley une colère aveugle.
Cet écrivain est l’enfant gâté du public, du succès.
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.