fèces
\fɛs\
The verdict
“fèces” is an uncommon French word, ranked #69,859 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,859
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sédiment qui reste au fond d’un liquide trouble, après qu’on l’a laissé reposer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fèces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fèces” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fèces is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #69,859 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fèces in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fèces, spelled F-È-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sédiment qui reste au fond d’un liquide trouble, après qu’on l’a laissé reposer.
- 2Dépôts qui se forment au fond des barriques d’huile, et qu’on employait pour faire le mastic.
- 3Excréments solides de l’homme ou des animaux, formés des résidus de la digestion.
Synonyms
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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 “fèces”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-È-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.