ferm
The verdict
“ferm” is uncommon French (frequency #79,310 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,310
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne intersexuée dotée d’ovaires et de certains aspects de l’appareil reproducteur masculin, mais sans testicules.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ferm” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ferm is uncommon French at frequency #79,310 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne intersexuée dotée d’ovaires et de certains aspects de l’appareil reproducteur masculin, mais sans testicules.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ferm in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ferm, spelled F-E-R-M.
Definition
- 1Personne intersexuée dotée d’ovaires et de certains aspects de l’appareil reproducteur masculin, mais sans testicules.
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.
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Using “ferm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-R-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.