fiancé
/fiˈɑnseɪ/noun
fiancé is spelled F-I-A-N-C-É: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fiance vs fiancee” about 74,000 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, fiancé means “A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fiancé is fiancés or fiances.
How many letters and syllables are in fiancé?
| Letters | 6: F-I-A-N-C-É |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fiancé?
Fiancé appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 fiancé?
- US /fiˈɑnseɪ/
- US /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/
- UK /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/
Fiancé has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-fiancé.ogg, En-us-fiance.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fiancé
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: fiancée (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).
What rhymes with fiancé?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fiancé from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnseɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fiancé
- fiancés plural
- fiance
- fiances plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fiancing participle, present
- fianced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fiancé mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
- 2
proscribedA person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of fiancé.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo betroth; to affiance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fiancé in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fiancé |
| German | Verlobter, der Verlobte , Verlobte |
| Portuguese | noivo |
| Spanish | novio, prometido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fiancé come from?
Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).