femme de charge
\fam də ʃaʁʒ\
The verdict
“femme de charge” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Femme attachée au service d’une grande maison, pour avoir soin du linge, de la vaisselle d'argent, etc ; gouvernante.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | femme de charge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fam də ʃaʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “femme de charge” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for femme de charge is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fam də ʃaʁʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for femme de charge in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is femme de charge, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -C-H-A-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Femme attachée au service d’une grande maison, pour avoir soin du linge, de la vaisselle d'argent, etc ; gouvernante.
- 2Femme chargée de faire le ménage, le nettoyage, les gros travaux.
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.
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Using “femme de charge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -C-H-A-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fam də ʃaʁʒ\ (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.