femme de charge
\fam də ʃaʁʒ\
The verdict
“femme de charge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme attachée au service d’une grande maison, pour avoir soin du linge, de la vaisselle d'argent, etc ; gouvernante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-femme-de-charge · femme de charge · French
femme de charge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
femme de charge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fam də ʃaʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how femme de charge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On appelle femme de charge, celle qui est chargée du linge, de la vaisselle d’argent, &c. & qui fait dans la maison l’office de Sommelier.
Pendant que je dors, mes enfans, si j’en ai, mes domestiques ont la bride sur le col; je ne puis veiller au bon ordre de ma maison. Il faut l’abandonner à une femme-de-charge ; & je deviens coupable de toutes les fautes qui se commettent chez moi.
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.