fatum
\fa.tɔm\
The verdict
“fatum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destin ; fatalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fatum · fatum · French
fatum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fatum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.tɔm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fatum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fatum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.tɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Destin ; fatalité.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fatum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 fatum, spelled F-A-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Destin ; fatalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fatum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’y avait rien à faire qu’à s’incliner devant ce fatum qui avait voulu que la présence d’Albertine empêchât de le reconduire […]
Je ne crois pas au hasard. Ce n’est jamais que le fatum des faibles, comme la chance ou la déveine.
Synonyms
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.