femmes

\fam\

/\fam\/ noun

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The verdict

“femmes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#291
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-femmes · femmes · French

femmes · rank #291 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #291
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH petite

Nearest frequency peer: petite (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « femmes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « femmes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

femmes vs ferme
67% similar
femmes vs fêtes
50% similar
femmes vs fumes
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for femmes
PropertyValue
Headwordfemmes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fam\
Letters6
Frequency rank#291
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « femmes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).femmesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « petite » (#290), « Mère » (#292), « hommes » (#289). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « femmes » est au #291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around femmes (IPA \fam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #291 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de femme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for femmes, with forms such as "efmmes", "femems", and "femes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ferme", "fêtes", "fumes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is femmes, spelled F-E-M-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de femme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ô femmes ! L’heure a sonné des révoltes libératrices. Ce n’est pas la charité que nous demandons c’est la justice.
  2. Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là… »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efmmes
  • femems
  • femes
  • femmess
  • femmse
  • ffemmes
  • fmemes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of femmes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efmmes2femems2femes1femmess1femmse2ffemmes1fmemes2
Edit distance from "femmes"

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 "femmes"?
"femmes" is spelled F-E-M-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fam\.
What does "femmes" mean?
As a noun, "femmes" means: Pluriel de femme.
What words are commonly confused with "femmes"?
"femmes" is commonly confused with "ferme", "fêtes", "fumes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "femmes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "femmes" is \fam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "femmes" come from?
"femmes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "femmes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

petite#290hommes#289passer#293nombre#282

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

près7 variantsporte7 variantsparti7 variantsenfin7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list