fae
\ˈfɛː\
The verdict
“fae” is uncommon French (frequency #69,076 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,076
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dédain, mépris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fae · fae · French
fae · rank #69,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,076
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fado
Nearest frequency peer: fado (-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 « fae »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- facilitées
facilitées
30,928 corpus weight
- fadaises
fadaises
30,927 corpus weight
- fado
fado
30,926 corpus weight
- fae
fae
30,925 corpus weight
- faiblard
faiblard
30,924 corpus weight
- fal
fal
30,923 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fae » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fae |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɛː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fae » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fae is uncommon French at frequency #69,076 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɛː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dédain, mépris.".
fae doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fae, spelled F-A-E.
Definition
- 1Dédain, mépris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fae appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« …. Lavarit d’ezañ kenavo, gant ho kalon, ha nann gant fae, diwar beg ho teod. … ».
Synonyms
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.
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