maison d’abattage
\mɛ.zɔ̃ d‿a.ba.taʒ\
The verdict
“maison d’abattage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type d'établissement bon marché où se pratique une prostitution qui consiste à réaliser un grand nombre de passes chaque jour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maison-d-abattage · maison d’abattage · French
maison d’abattage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | maison d’abattage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.zɔ̃ d‿a.ba.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maison d’abattage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maison d’abattage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.zɔ̃ d‿a.ba.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type d'établissement bon marché où se pratique une prostitution qui consiste à réaliser un grand nombre de passes chaque jour.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for maison d’abattage in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maison d’abattage, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-’-A-B-A-T-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Type d'établissement bon marché où se pratique une prostitution qui consiste à réaliser un grand nombre de passes chaque jour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maison d’abattage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Sphinx, le Chabanais, le One-Two-Two disparurent à jamais, mais aussi les maisons d’abattage dont les propriétaires s’empressèrent d’ouvrir, sur des rues entières, des hôtels de passe.
Synonyms
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.