fédérée

\fe.de.ʁe\

/\fe.de.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“fédérée” is uncommon French (frequency #70,665 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,665
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre d'une des fédérations qui se formèrent sous la Révolution et pendant les Cent-Jours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-federee · fédérée · French

fédérée · rank #70,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,665
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fuie

Nearest frequency peer: fuie (-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 « fédérée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fédérée
PropertyValue
Headwordfédérée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fe.de.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fédérée » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fédéréetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fuie » (#70,664), « féodalisme » (#70,666), « fugitives » (#70,663). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fédérée » est au #70,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fédérée is uncommon French at frequency #70,665 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fe.de.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for fédérée in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fédérée, spelled F-É-D-É-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre d'une des fédérations qui se formèrent sous la Révolution et pendant les Cent-Jours.
  2. 2
    Insurgée de la Commune de Paris en 1871.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N’est-il pas étonnant que la sauvage répression versaillaise ait épargné une fédérée qui se serait signalée en de telles circonstances ?
  2. Pendant la Commune, « une fédérée », la citoyenne Piat, y installa une ambulance où dix-huit infirmières donnaient leurs soins.

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 "fédérée"?
"fédérée" is spelled F-É-D-É-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.de.ʁe\.
What does "fédérée" mean?
As a noun, "fédérée" means: Membre d'une des fédérations qui se formèrent sous la Révolution et pendant les Cent-Jours.
How do you pronounce "fédérée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fédérée" is \fe.de.ʁe\. 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 "fédérée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list