3èmes

\tʁwa.zjɛm\

/\tʁwa.zjɛm\/ adj

The verdict

“3èmes” is uncommon French (frequency #87,290 among 13 “3” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,290
frequency rank, French
13
“3” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisièmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-3emes · 3èmes · French

3èmes · rank #87,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,290
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 13
  • PHOTO-FINISH aage

Nearest frequency peer: aage (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « 3èmes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « 3èmes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for 3èmes
PropertyValue
Headword3èmes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁwa.zjɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « 3èmes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).3èmestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « aage » (#87,291), « abon » (#87,292), « accoucheur » (#87,294). Parmi 13 lemmes en « 3 », « 3èmes » est au #87,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

3èmes is uncommon French at frequency #87,290 among 13 “3” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁwa.zjɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisièmes.".

3èmes has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is 3èmes, spelled 3-È-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisièmes.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "3èmes"?
"3èmes" is spelled 3-È-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁwa.zjɛm\.
What does "3èmes" mean?
As an adjective, "3èmes" means: Troisièmes.
How do you pronounce "3èmes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "3èmes" is \tʁwa.zjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "3èmes" come from?
"3èmes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "3èmes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list