pension de famille
\pɑ̃.sjɔ̃ də fa.mij\
The verdict
“pension 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pension qui propose le gîte et le couvert, pour un prix modique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pension-de-famille · pension de famille · French
pension de famille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pension de famille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃ də fa.mij\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pension de famille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pension de famille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃ də fa.mij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pension qui propose le gîte et le couvert, pour un prix modique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pension de famille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pension de famille, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N- -D-E- -F-A-M-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pension qui propose le gîte et le couvert, pour un prix modique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pension de famille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’hôtesse, Mme Lemercier, me laissa seul dans ma chambre, après m’avoir rappelé en quelques mots tous les avantages matériels et moraux de la pension de famille Lemercier.
Et où dînerons-nous? […] Pourquoi pas, répliqua Fernand-le-Fou, Casimir tient pension de famille, on aura toujours à croûter.
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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.