féminin

\fe.mi.nɛ̃\

/\fe.mi.nɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“féminin” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,199. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,199
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un des genres de mots. Il est généralement — mais pas toujours — lié aux femmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feminin · féminin · French

féminin · rank #3,199 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,199
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forum

Nearest frequency peer: forum (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « féminin »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « féminin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

féminin vs féminine
88% similar
féminin vs féminins
88% similar
féminin vs féminité
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for féminin
PropertyValue
Headwordféminin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.mi.nɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,199
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « féminin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fémininse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « forum » (#3,198), « garantie » (#3,200), « folie » (#3,197). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « féminin » est au #3,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around féminin (IPA \fe.mi.nɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,199 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for féminin, with forms such as "feminin", "fféminin", and "fméinin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "féminine", "féminins", "féminité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is féminin, spelled F-É-M-I-N-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie un des genres de mots. Il est généralement — mais pas toujours — lié aux femmes.
  2. 2
    Qui est propre et particulier aux femmes.
  3. 3
    Qui ressemble aux femmes, ou qui tient des femmes.
  4. 4
    Qui est destiné aux femmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mot femme est un mot de genre féminin.
  2. 21 octobre 1940 – Dans la conversation je lui parle de je ne sais plus quelle femme intelligente et il m’interrompt d’un air excédé et prétentieux : « Oh ! ce féminin à l’adjectif intelligent ! » Une phrase comme celle-là pour moi c’est sans appel. J’aime mieux une gifle.

Synonyms

mulièbre

Antonyms

masculin

This word in other languages

feminine(English)femenino(Español)weiblich(Deutsch)feminino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • feminin
  • fféminin
  • fméinin
  • féimnin
  • fémiinn
  • fémininn
  • féminni
  • féminnin
  • fémminin
  • fémniin
  • éfminin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of féminin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

feminin1fféminin1fméinin2féimnin2fémiinn2fémininn1féminni2féminnin1
Edit distance from "féminin"

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 "féminin"?
"féminin" is spelled F-É-M-I-N-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.mi.nɛ̃\.
What does "féminin" mean?
As an adjective, "féminin" means: Qualifie un des genres de mots. Il est généralement — mais pas toujours — lié aux femmes.
What words are commonly confused with "féminin"?
"féminin" is commonly confused with "féminine", "féminins", "féminité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "féminin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "féminin" is \fe.mi.nɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "féminin" come from?
"féminin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

garantie11 variantsréalisée11 variantssportif11 variantssoutient11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list