homme d’affaires
\ɔm d‿a.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“homme d’affaires” 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 September 3, 2026) - Homme dont le métier est de brasser des affaires commerciales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-homme-d-affaires · homme d’affaires · French
homme d’affaires · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | homme d’affaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔm d‿a.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « homme d’affaires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
homme d’affaires is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔm d‿a.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme dont le métier est de brasser des affaires commerciales.".
homme d’affaires doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is homme d’affaires, spelled H-O-M-M-E- -D-’-A-F-F-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Homme dont le métier est de brasser des affaires commerciales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how homme d’affaires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se trouvait ainsi au centre des opérations, à deux pas de la Bourse et des boulevards. […]. Hommes d'affaires, boursicotiers, journalistes, policiers, guitaristes, évoluent dans ces parages.
Les géants de l’acier ont détrôné les rois du pétrole en 2004. […]. Les dix hommes d’affaires qui se sont le plus enrichis l'an dernier détiennent tous des parts dans les sociétés métallurgiques.
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.