Femme fatale
[ˌfamfaˈtal]
The verdict
“Femme fatale” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verführerische Frau, die ihren Partnern oft zum Verhängnis wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-femme-fatale · Femme fatale · German
Femme fatale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Femme fatale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌfamfaˈtal] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Femme fatale“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Femme fatale is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌfamfaˈtal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verführerische Frau, die ihren Partnern oft zum Verhängnis wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Femme fatale in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Femme fatale, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -F-A-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1verführerische Frau, die ihren Partnern oft zum Verhängnis wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Femme fatale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn das entscheidende Charakteristikum für eine Femme fatale darin liegt, dass sie den Untergang des Mannes herbeiführen will, wie dies bei den Protagonistinnen des Fin de Siècle der Fall ist und in den meisten Definitionsversuchen konstatiert wird, so entspricht Carmen diesem Stereotyp nicht.“
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.