fruit défendu
\fʁɥi de.fɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“fruit défendu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit de l’arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal planté au milieu du paradis terrestre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fruit-defendu · fruit défendu · French
fruit défendu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « fruit défendu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fruit défendu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɥi de.fɑ̃.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fruit défendu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Goûter au fruit défendu.
Les Français, eux, continuent de croquer à belles dents dans le fruit défendu. Il reste le plus consommé dans l’Hexagone, écrasant la banane, en position de challenger.
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.