enterrement de vie de garçon
\ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃ də vi də ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“enterrement de vie de garçon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fête organisée pour un fiancé à la veille de son mariage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enterrement-de-vie-de-ga · enterrement de vie de garçon · French
enterrement de vie de garçon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 | enterrement de vie de garçon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃ də vi də ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enterrement de vie de garçon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃ də vi də ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fête organisée pour un fiancé à la veille de son mariage.".
enterrement de vie de garçon has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is enterrement de vie de garçon, spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-E-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -V-I-E- -D-E- -G-A-R-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fête organisée pour un fiancé à la veille de son mariage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enterrement de vie de garçon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il imaginait un enterrement de vie de garçon comme on en voit dans les films, avec la tournée des bars et le spectacle de filles à moitié nues. Un instant, il envia cet inconnu devant lui qui allait bientôt goûter aux joies du mariage.
This word in other languages
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.