fille de joie
\fij də ʒwa\
The verdict
“fille de joie” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prostituée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fille de joie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fij də ʒwa\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fille de joie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fille de joie is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fij də ʒwa\. 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.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fille de joie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fille de joie, spelled F-I-L-L-E- -D-E- -J-O-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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Using “fille de joie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-I-L-L-E- -D-E- -J-O-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fij də ʒwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.