feminist
\ˈfɛm.ə.nɪst\
The verdict
“feminist” is uncommon French (frequency #67,513 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,513
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féministe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feminist · feminist · French
feminist · rank #67,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,513
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH felt
Nearest frequency peer: felt (-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 « feminist »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- façonnées
façonnées
32,491 corpus weight
- FCM
FCM
32,490 corpus weight
- felt
felt
32,489 corpus weight
- feminist
feminist
32,488 corpus weight
- fermais
fermais
32,486 corpus weight
- fermerait
fermerait
32,485 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « feminist » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feminist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɛm.ə.nɪst\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feminist » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feminist is uncommon French at frequency #67,513 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɛm.ə.nɪst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féministe.".
feminist has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 feminist, spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Féministe.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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 "feminist"?
What does "feminist" mean?
How do you pronounce "feminist"?
What language does "feminist" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "feminist", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).