maison de fous
\mɛ.zɔ̃ də fu\
The verdict
“maison de fous” 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 September 3, 2026) - ou Hôpital psychiatrique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maison-de-fous · maison de fous · French
maison de fous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 fous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.zɔ̃ də fu\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maison de fous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maison de fous is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.zɔ̃ də fu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for maison de fous in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maison de fous, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E- -F-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1ou Hôpital psychiatrique.
- 2Organisation d’une complexité incompréhensible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maison de fous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Et comment, monsieur, cela se fera-t-il ? dit Gazonal stupéfait d’entendre parler ainsi un homme sans qu’il fût dans une maison de fous.
[…] ; croirons-nous que, pendant des semaines et des mois, la police publique et les détectives privés soient mis en campagne sans pouvoir découvrir ses traces, alors qu'il est enfermé dans une maison de fous à deux lieues de son domicile ?
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.