femme de l’art
\fam də l‿aʁ\
The verdict
“femme de l’art” 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 expérimentée dans sa profession.
Corpus desk
Index FR-femme-de-l-art · femme de l’art · French
femme de l’art · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 l’art |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fam də l‿aʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « femme de l’art » en français
Rare enough to double-check
femme de l’art is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fam də l‿aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for femme de l’art, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is femme de l’art, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -L-’-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Femme expérimentée dans sa profession.
- 2Artiste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how femme de l’art appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À ce propos, comment appelez-vous l’homme – ou la femme – de l’art, qui fait ou qui répare la toiture d’une maison ?
La plasticienne Tatiana Trouvé a été élue “femme de l’art”, Catherine Barba, pionnière du web en France, “femme d’entreprise”, et Claudine André “femme de l’environnement” pour son action auprès des bonobos menacés d’extinction.
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.