famé

\fa.me\

/\fa.me\/ adj

The verdict

“famé” is uncommon French (frequency #70,631 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,631
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réputé, reconnu. Ne se dit que joint aux adverbes bien, mal : bien famé, mal famé, qui a une bonne, une mauvaise réputation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fame · famé · French

famé · rank #70,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,631
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fairplay

Nearest frequency peer: fairplay (-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 « famé »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for famé
PropertyValue
Headwordfamé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fa.me\
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « famé » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).famétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fairplay » (#70,630), « fanfiction » (#70,632), « extrémismes » (#70,629). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « famé » est au #70,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

famé is uncommon French at frequency #70,631 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fa.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réputé, reconnu. Ne se dit que joint aux adverbes bien, mal : bien famé, mal famé, qui a une bonne, une mauvaise réputation.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for famé, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is famé, spelled F-A-M-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réputé, reconnu. Ne se dit que joint aux adverbes bien, mal : bien famé, mal famé, qui a une bonne, une mauvaise réputation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si ma résolution d'habiter seul rencontre le soutien de mon entourage, celui-ci se montre plus réservé quant au choix du quartier, trop proche de la zone mal famée de Montmartre. Pour moi, le lieu est idéal.
  2. Tout est perdu, tant que vos agents ne seront que des protégés ou des hommes mal famés.

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 "famé"?
"famé" is spelled F-A-M-É. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.me\.
What does "famé" mean?
As an adjective, "famé" means: Réputé, reconnu. Ne se dit que joint aux adverbes bien, mal : bien famé, mal famé, qui a une bonne, une mauvaise réputation.
How do you pronounce "famé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "famé" is \fa.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "famé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list