femme de mauvaise vie
\fam də mo.vɛz vi\
The verdict
“femme de mauvaise vie” 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prostituée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | femme de mauvaise vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fam də mo.vɛz vi\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “femme de mauvaise vie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for femme de mauvaise vie is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fam də mo.vɛz vi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prostituée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for femme de mauvaise vie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is femme de mauvaise vie, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -M-A-U-V-A-I-S-E- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Prostituée.
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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- The one correct French spelling is F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -M-A-U-V-A-I-S-E- -V-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fam də mo.vɛz vi\ (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.