homme au foyer

\ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\

/\ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme, souvent père, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et qui est chargé de la gestion du foyer.

Key facts for homme au foyer
PropertyValue
Headwordhomme au foyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “homme au foyer” sits in French frequency

homme au foyer 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

homme au foyer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme, souvent père, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et qui est chargé de la gestion du foyer.".

Zero misspellings are on record for homme au foyer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is homme au foyer, spelled H-O-M-M-E- -A-U- -F-O-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme, souvent père, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et qui est chargé de la gestion du foyer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homme au foyer"?
"homme au foyer" is spelled H-O-M-M-E- -A-U- -F-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\.
What does "homme au foyer" mean?
As a noun, "homme au foyer" means: Homme, souvent père, qui n’a pas d’activité professionnelle, et qui est chargé de la gestion du foyer.
How do you pronounce "homme au foyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homme au foyer" is \ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homme au foyer" come from?
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Using “homme au foyer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is H-O-M-M-E- -A-U- -F-O-Y-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɔ.m‿o fwa.je\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list