femme-soldat

\fam.sɔl.da\

/\fam.sɔl.da\/ noun

The verdict

“femme-soldat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldate.

Corpus desk

Index FR-femme-soldat · femme-soldat · French

femme-soldat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for femme-soldat
PropertyValue
Headwordfemme-soldat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fam.sɔl.da\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « femme-soldat » en français

femme-soldatsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

femme-soldat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fam.sɔl.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soldate.".

femme-soldat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is femme-soldat, spelled F-E-M-M-E---S-O-L-D-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soldate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how femme-soldat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La femme-soldat se mit au garde-à-vous, toute poitrine dehors dans son ample uniforme à la dernière mode militaire.

Synonyms

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-soldat"?
"femme-soldat" is spelled F-E-M-M-E---S-O-L-D-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fam.sɔl.da\.
What does "femme-soldat" mean?
As a noun, "femme-soldat" means: Soldate.
How do you pronounce "femme-soldat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "femme-soldat" is \fam.sɔl.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "femme-soldat" come from?
"femme-soldat" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list