afe

\ˈa.fːe\

/\ˈa.fːe\/ verb

The verdict

“afe” is uncommon French (frequency #81,743 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,743
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du potentiel du verbe mont.

Corpus desk

Index FR-afe · afe · French

afe · rank #81,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,743
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adulée

Nearest frequency peer: adulée (-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 « afe »

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 « afe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afe
PropertyValue
Headwordafe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈa.fːe\
Letters3
Frequency rank#81,743
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « afe » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.afetombe 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: « adulée » (#81,742), « affairistes » (#81,744), « adroite » (#81,741). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « afe » est au #81,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afe is uncommon French at frequency #81,743 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈa.fːe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du potentiel du verbe mont.".

afe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is afe, spelled A-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du potentiel du verbe mont.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how afe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Nemet hemañ ne sav ket diwar an dour. Kentocʼh ez afe d'an traoñ eget dʼan necʼh !

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 "afe"?
"afe" is spelled A-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈa.fːe\.
What does "afe" mean?
As a verb, "afe" means: Troisième personne du singulier du potentiel du verbe mont.
How do you pronounce "afe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afe" is \ˈa.fːe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list