femme politique

\fam pɔ.li.tik\

/\fam pɔ.li.tik\/ noun

The verdict

“femme politique” 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) - Femme qui fait de la politique son métier.

Key facts for femme politique
PropertyValue
Headwordfemme politique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fam pɔ.li.tik\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “femme politique” sits in French frequency

femme politique 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 politique is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fam pɔ.li.tik\. 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: "Femme qui fait de la politique son métier.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for femme politique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is femme politique, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui fait de la politique son métier.

Synonyms

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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 politique"?
"femme politique" is spelled F-E-M-M-E- -P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fam pɔ.li.tik\.
What does "femme politique" mean?
As a noun, "femme politique" means: Femme qui fait de la politique son métier.
How do you pronounce "femme politique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "femme politique" is \fam pɔ.li.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "femme politique" come from?
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Using “femme politique”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is F-E-M-M-E- -P-O-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fam pɔ.li.tik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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