putain de
\py.tɛ̃ də\
The verdict
“putain de” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intensificateur qui peut exprimer l’énervement ou l’irritation ou, au contraire, renforcer une appréciation.
| 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) |
Where “putain de” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for putain de is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \py.tɛ̃ də\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “putain de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-U-T-A-I-N- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \py.tɛ̃ də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.