féminiser
\fe.mi.ni.ze\
The verdict
“féminiser” is uncommon French (frequency #81,185 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,185
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire du genre féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feminiser · féminiser · French
féminiser · rank #81,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,185
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH gaba
Nearest frequency peer: gaba (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “féminiser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fujimori
Fujimori
18,820 corpus weight
- Fulbert
Fulbert
18,819 corpus weight
- féminiser
féminiser
18,816 corpus weight
- gaba
gaba
18,815 corpus weight
- Gargamel
Gargamel
18,813 corpus weight
- garnissent
garnissent
18,812 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “féminiser” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | féminiser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fe.mi.ni.ze\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “féminiser” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
féminiser is uncommon French at frequency #81,185 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fe.mi.ni.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for féminiser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is féminiser, spelled F-É-M-I-N-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire du genre féminin.
- 2Augmenter la proportion, le nombre de femmes.
- 3Prendre un extérieur féminin.
- 4Prendre le caractère féminin.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.