ferne
\ˈfɛʁnə\
The verdict
“ferne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de fern.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferne · ferne · French
ferne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɛʁnə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ferne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ferne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɛʁnə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ferne, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ferne, spelled F-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de fern.
- 2Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de fern.
- 3Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de fern.
- 4Accusatif neutre singulier de la déclinaison faible de fern.
- 5Accusatif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de fern.
- 6Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de fern.
- 7Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de fern.
- 8Nominatif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de fern.
- 9Nominatif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de fern.
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.