fruit défendu
\fʁɥi de.fɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“fruit défendu” 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) - Fruit de l’arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal planté au milieu du paradis terrestre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fruit défendu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɥi de.fɑ̃.dy\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fruit défendu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fruit défendu is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʁɥi de.fɑ̃.dy\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for fruit défendu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fruit défendu, spelled F-R-U-I-T- -D-É-F-E-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1Fruit de l’arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal planté au milieu du paradis terrestre.
- 2La pomme.
- 3Objet d’un plaisir immoral ou illicite.
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.
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Using “fruit défendu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-U-I-T- -D-É-F-E-N-D-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁɥi de.fɑ̃.dy\ (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.