fermente
\fɛʁ.mɑ̃t\
The verdict
“fermente” is uncommon French (frequency #86,703 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,703
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fermenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fermente · fermente · French
fermente · rank #86,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,703
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Fawkes
Nearest frequency peer: Fawkes (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fermente »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fauvettes
fauvettes
13,300 corpus weight
- Fawkes
Fawkes
13,299 corpus weight
- fermente
fermente
13,298 corpus weight
- fictionnelle
fictionnelle
13,297 corpus weight
- Figueres
Figueres
13,296 corpus weight
- filaires
filaires
13,295 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fermente » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fermente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.mɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fermente » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fermente is uncommon French at frequency #86,703 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ.mɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
fermente doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fermente, spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fermenter.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fermenter.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fermenter.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fermenter.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de fermenter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fermente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle fermente, mousse, écume entre les rochers touffus d’herbe et porte par vent, par offrande, par éclats de cristaux de glace, le goût du dieu délicieux dont le feu désassoiffe l’âme.
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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