fatma

\fat.ma\

/\fat.ma\/ noun

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The verdict

“fatma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,610
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fatma · fatma · French

fatma · rank #45,610 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,610
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH farfelue

Nearest frequency peer: farfelue (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fatma »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fatma » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fatma vs forma
60% similar
fatma vs ferma
60% similar
fatma vs fatwa
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fatma
PropertyValue
Headwordfatma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fat.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,610
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fatma »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fatmase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « farfelue » (#45,609), « faussée » (#45,611), « fanfares » (#45,608). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fatma » est au #45,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fatma (IPA \fat.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,610 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fatma, with forms such as "aftma", "famta", and "fatam". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "forma", "ferma", "fatwa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fatma, spelled F-A-T-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour les colons qui vivaient au Maghreb, une fatma était une domestique. Dans l’argot de la Légion étrangère, elle était la femme arabe et la femme tout court.
  2. Tout a commencé là-bas dans la ville qu’on appelle Maisons-Alfort Quand je vois une fatma chelou qui fait vibrer son corps Elle me dit « MC Solaar, viens-là qu’j’te donne du réconfort » J’ai dit : « non merci c’est très gentil mais je ne mange pas de porc ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aftma
  • famta
  • fatam
  • fatmma
  • fattma
  • ffatma
  • ftama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fatma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aftma2famta2fatam2fatmma1fattma1ffatma1ftama2
Edit distance from "fatma"

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 "fatma"?
"fatma" is spelled F-A-T-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \fat.ma\.
What does "fatma" mean?
As a noun, "fatma" means: Femme.
What words are commonly confused with "fatma"?
"fatma" is commonly confused with "forma", "ferma", "fatwa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fatma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatma" is \fat.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatma" come from?
"fatma" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Erdre#45,589Gaius#45,634ducon#45,561Dubuc#45,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

errent7 variantsjalon7 variantsjarret7 variantsjudge7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list