putain de
\py.tɛ̃ də\
The verdict
“putain de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intensificateur qui peut exprimer l’énervement ou l’irritation ou, au contraire, renforcer une appréciation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-putain-de · putain de · French
putain de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | putain de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \py.tɛ̃ də\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « putain de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
putain de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \py.tɛ̃ də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intensificateur qui peut exprimer l’énervement ou l’irritation ou, au contraire, renforcer une appréciation.".
putain de doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is putain de, spelled P-U-T-A-I-N- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Intensificateur qui peut exprimer l’énervement ou l’irritation ou, au contraire, renforcer une appréciation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how putain de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce qu’on fait ici, on le fera en France. Ton Duclos et ton Mitterrand, on leur fera ce qu’on te fait, et ta putain de République, on la foutra en l’air aussi ! Tu vas parler, je te dis.
« Le Gaston Dubois, en voilà un qui n’a pas volé le droit de se reposer, tiens. Il en a remué, des sacs de farine dans sa putain de vie ! »
This word in other languages
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.