Febvre

\fɛvʁ\

/\fɛvʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Febvre” is uncommon French (frequency #55,282 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,282
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille ; variante de Fèvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-febvre · Febvre · French

Febvre · rank #55,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,282
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Favreau

Nearest frequency peer: Favreau (-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 « Febvre »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Febvre
PropertyValue
HeadwordFebvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fɛvʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Febvre » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Febvretombe 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: « Favreau » (#55,281), « faucheurs » (#55,279), « ferron » (#55,285). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Febvre » est au #55,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Febvre is uncommon French at frequency #55,282 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fɛvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille ; variante de Fèvre.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Febvre in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Febvre, spelled F-E-B-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille ; variante de Fèvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un peu tôt pour tirer des plans sur la comète, d’autant plus que « le chemin jusqu’aux Jeux reste encore très long », rappelle Alain Febvre, directeur sportif de l’escrime à la fédé.

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 "Febvre"?
"Febvre" is spelled F-E-B-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛvʁ\.
What does "Febvre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Febvre" means: Nom de famille ; variante de Fèvre.
How do you pronounce "Febvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Febvre" is \fɛvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ferron#55,285fagots#55,277exhale#55,271Eunice#55,267

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list