maison de tolérance
\mɛ.zɔ̃ də tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“maison de tolérance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maison de prostitution règlementée par l’autorité publique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maison-de-tolerance · maison de tolérance · French
maison de tolérance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 tolérance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.zɔ̃ də tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maison de tolérance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maison de tolérance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.zɔ̃ də tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maison de prostitution règlementée par l’autorité publique.".
maison de tolérance doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is maison de tolérance, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N- -D-E- -T-O-L-É-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Maison de prostitution règlementée par l’autorité publique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maison de tolérance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’idéal de la police de ce temps, comme du temps de Solon, comme aujourd’hui, est de concentrer la débauche dans des maisons de tolérance.
Vous savez que la prostitution est très sévèrement réglementée… Cette femme ne peut sortir de prison que pour entrer à la maison de tolérance…
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.