maison de famille
\mɛ.zɔ̃ də fa.mij\
The verdict
“maison de famille” 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) - Synonyme de pension de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maison-de-famille · maison de famille · French
maison de famille · 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 de famille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.zɔ̃ də fa.mij\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maison de famille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maison de famille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.zɔ̃ də fa.mij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de pension de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for maison de famille in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maison de famille, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E- -F-A-M-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de pension de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maison de famille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous prétexte qu’ils habitent ce quartier, je loge dans une maison de famille de la rue Bréa. Entre le lit et l’armoire, à peine ai-je la place de m’asseoir pour écrire.
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.