fatuité

\fa.tɥi.te\

/\fa.tɥi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“fatuité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est fat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fatuite · fatuité · French

fatuité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for fatuité
PropertyValue
Headwordfatuité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.tɥi.te\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fatuité » en français

fatuitén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fatuité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.tɥi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est fat.".

Zero misspellings are on record for fatuité in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fatuité, spelled F-A-T-U-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est fat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les traits de l’abbé captif et ses manières offraient un mélange fantasque d’orgueil blessé, de fatuité chiffonnée et de terreur évidente.
  2. […], mais La Brière redoutait cette entrevue, et Canalis y marchait avec une confiance pleine de fatuité.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fatuité"?
"fatuité" is spelled F-A-T-U-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.tɥi.te\.
What does "fatuité" mean?
As a noun, "fatuité" means: Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est fat.
How do you pronounce "fatuité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatuité" is \fa.tɥi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatuité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list