fém
\feːm\
The verdict
“fém” is uncommon French (frequency #74,019 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,019
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fem · fém · French
fém · rank #74,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,019
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fécondés
Nearest frequency peer: fécondés (-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 « fém »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- freeride
freeride
25,986 corpus weight
- fécondés
fécondés
25,983 corpus weight
- fém
fém
25,982 corpus weight
- fémoral
fémoral
25,981 corpus weight
- Gallipoli
Gallipoli
25,980 corpus weight
- Gallium
Gallium
25,979 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fém » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fém |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \feːm\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #74,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fém » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fém is uncommon French at frequency #74,019 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \feːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Métal.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fém, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fém, spelled F-É-M.
Definition
- 1Métal.
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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