femme au foyer

\fa.m‿o fwa.je\

/\fa.m‿o fwa.je\/ noun

The verdict

“femme au foyer” 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) - Femme, souvent mère, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et est chargée de la gestion du foyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-femme-au-foyer · femme au foyer · French

femme au foyer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" 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 femme au foyer
PropertyValue
Headwordfemme au foyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.m‿o fwa.je\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « femme au foyer » en français

femme au foyerreste 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

femme au foyer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.m‿o fwa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme, souvent mère, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et est chargée de la gestion du foyer.".

No misspelling variants are generated for femme au foyer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is femme au foyer, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -A-U- -F-O-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme, souvent mère, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et est chargée de la gestion du foyer.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "femme au foyer"?
"femme au foyer" is spelled F-E-M-M-E- -A-U- -F-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.m‿o fwa.je\.
What does "femme au foyer" mean?
As a noun, "femme au foyer" means: Femme, souvent mère, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et est chargée de la gestion du foyer.
How do you pronounce "femme au foyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "femme au foyer" is \fa.m‿o fwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "femme au foyer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list