État profond
\e.ta pʁɔ.fɔ̃\
The verdict
“État profond” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Groupe informel de personnes figurant à divers échelons (administratif, militaire, judiciaire, etc.) de l’appareil d’un État, et poursuivant dans la coulisse, par leur influence, la continuation d’...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | État profond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ta pʁɔ.fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “État profond” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
État profond is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta pʁɔ.fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Groupe informel de personnes figurant à divers échelons (administratif, militaire, judiciaire, etc.) de l’appareil d’un État, et poursuivant dans la coulisse, par leur influence, la continuation d’...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for État profond, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is État profond, spelled É-T-A-T- -P-R-O-F-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Groupe informel de personnes figurant à divers échelons (administratif, militaire, judiciaire, etc.) de l’appareil d’un État, et poursuivant dans la coulisse, par leur influence, la continuation d’une politique pouvant être contraire aux buts officiels des autorités politiques.
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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 “État profond”
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- The one correct French spelling is É-T-A-T- -P-R-O-F-O-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ta pʁɔ.fɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.