garçon manqué
\ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ mɑ̃.ke\
The verdict
“garçon manqué” 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 May 6, 2026) - Fille à l’apparence, au comportement et aux goûts de garçon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garçon manqué |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ mɑ̃.ke\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garçon manqué” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
garçon manqué is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ mɑ̃.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fille à l’apparence, au comportement et aux goûts de garçon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for garçon manqué, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is garçon manqué, spelled G-A-R-Ç-O-N- -M-A-N-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Fille à l’apparence, au comportement et aux goûts de garçon.
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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 “garçon manqué”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-R-Ç-O-N- -M-A-N-Q-U-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ mɑ̃.ke\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.