femme de métier

\fam də me.tje\

/\fam də me.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“femme de métier” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spécialiste, professionnelle.

Key facts for femme de métier
PropertyValue
Headwordfemme de métier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fam də me.tje\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “femme de métier” sits in French frequency

femme de métier falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for femme de métier is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fam də me.tje\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Spécialiste, professionnelle.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for femme de métier in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is femme de métier, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -M-É-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spécialiste, professionnelle.

Synonyms

femme de l’artprofessionnellespécialiste

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "femme de métier"?
"femme de métier" is spelled F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -M-É-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fam də me.tje\.
What does "femme de métier" mean?
As a noun, "femme de métier" means: Spécialiste, professionnelle.
How do you pronounce "femme de métier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "femme de métier" is \fam də me.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "femme de métier" come from?
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Using “femme de métier”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-E-M-M-E- -D-E- -M-É-T-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fam də me.tje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list