maison de plaisir
\mɛ.zɔ̃ də plɛ.ziʁ\
The verdict
“maison de plaisir” 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) - Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maison-de-plaisir · maison de plaisir · French
maison de plaisir · 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 plaisir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.zɔ̃ də plɛ.ziʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maison de plaisir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maison de plaisir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.zɔ̃ də plɛ.ziʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maison de plaisir, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maison de plaisir, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E- -P-L-A-I-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Établissement où se pratique la prostitution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maison de plaisir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peu après l’époque où la Mrs. Warren de Bernard Shaw venait d’apprendre au public anglais l’existence de luxueuses maisons de plaisir internationales, Albrecht met son point d’honneur à tout savoir de ces institutions : la liste et la cote des débutantes, les entrées et les sorties, et ce qu’ajoute ou enlève à une beauté le transfert de Paris à Vienne.
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.