fondé de pouvoir

\fɔ̃.de də pu.vwaʁ\

/\fɔ̃.de də pu.vwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fondé de pouvoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mandataire social qui effectue, par délégation ou procuration, certaines opérations.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fonde-de-pouvoir · fondé de pouvoir · French

fondé de pouvoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for fondé de pouvoir
PropertyValue
Headwordfondé de pouvoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ̃.de də pu.vwaʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fondé de pouvoir” sits in French frequency

fondé de pouvoir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fondé de pouvoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ̃.de də pu.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mandataire social qui effectue, par délégation ou procuration, certaines opérations.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fondé de pouvoir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fondé de pouvoir, spelled F-O-N-D-É- -D-E- -P-O-U-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mandataire social qui effectue, par délégation ou procuration, certaines opérations.

This word in other languages

attorney-in-fact(English)apoderado(Español)Bevollmächtigter(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fondé de pouvoir"?
"fondé de pouvoir" is spelled F-O-N-D-É- -D-E- -P-O-U-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ̃.de də pu.vwaʁ\.
What does "fondé de pouvoir" mean?
As a noun, "fondé de pouvoir" means: Mandataire social qui effectue, par délégation ou procuration, certaines opérations.
How do you pronounce "fondé de pouvoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fondé de pouvoir" is \fɔ̃.de də pu.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fondé de pouvoir" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list