fem
/fɛm/noun, adjective
fem is spelled F-E-M: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fem vs femme” about 1,300 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, fem means “Synonym of femme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fem is fems or fems..
How many letters and syllables are in fem?
| Letters | 3: F-E-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is fem?
Fem appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fem?
- /fɛm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fem.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fem
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: femme (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of fem
- fems plural
- more fem comparative
- most fem superlative
- fems. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of femme.
- 2
colloquialderogatoryA feminine or effeminate person.
Versatile, but love to bottom … No divas or fems. Not homophobic at all, just my personal preference.
adjective
- 1
colloquialFeminine, effeminate.
- 2
Synonym of femme.
noun
- 1
Initialism of field emission microscopy.
- 2
Initialism of front end module.
- 3
Initialism of finite element method.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fem come from?
Clipping of feminine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).