femme de lettres
\fam də lɛtʁ\
The verdict
“femme de lettres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écrivaine, littératrice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-femme-de-lettres · femme de lettres · French
femme de lettres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | femme de lettres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fam də lɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
femme de lettres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fam də lɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écrivaine, littératrice.".
femme de lettres has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is femme de lettres, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -L-E-T-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Écrivaine, littératrice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how femme de lettres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame de Sévigné était une femme de lettres du XVIIᵉ siècle, connue aujourd’hui pour son abondante correspondance avec sa fille.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.