feme
"feme" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“feme” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-feme · feme · English
feme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | feme |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “feme” in English
Rare enough to double-check
feme is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman.".
feme has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English feme, from Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”), from Old French femme, from Latin fēmina. Doublet of femina, femme, and hembra. The correct English form is feme, spelled F-E-M-E.
Definition
- 1A woman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how feme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
TRESPASS FOR INTERMEDDLING WITH A FEME. There are some curious decisions in the old books regarding this point of law, with which it may be useful to be acquainted. In Br. Ab. Tresp. 40, it is said that a man may aid a feme who falls upon the ground from a horse, and so if she be sick, and the same if her baron would murder her. And the same per Rede if t…
Etymology
From Middle English feme, from Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”), from Old French femme, from Latin fēmina. Doublet of femina, femme, and hembra.
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.