Febvre
\fɛvʁ\
The verdict
“Febvre” is uncommon French (frequency #55,282 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,282
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille ; variante de Fèvre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Febvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Febvre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Febvre is uncommon French at frequency #55,282 among 137,178 “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
- 1Nom de famille ; variante de Fèvre.
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.
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Using “Febvre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-B-V-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.