Ferney
\fɛʁ.nɛ\
The verdict
“Ferney” is uncommon French (frequency #53,954 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,954
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom, ou nom court, de Ferney-Voltaire, commune française, située dans le département de l’Ain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferney · Ferney · French
Ferney · rank #53,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,954
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fermaient
Nearest frequency peer: fermaient (-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 « Ferney »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- façonnés
façonnés
46,051 corpus weight
- fenton
fenton
46,050 corpus weight
- Ferland
Ferland
46,049 corpus weight
- fermaient
fermaient
46,048 corpus weight
- Ferney
Ferney
46,047 corpus weight
- fichtre
fichtre
46,044 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ferney » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ferney |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ferney » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ferney is uncommon French at frequency #53,954 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fɛʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom, ou nom court, de Ferney-Voltaire, commune française, située dans le département de l’Ain.".
Ferney has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Ferney, spelled F-E-R-N-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom, ou nom court, de Ferney-Voltaire, commune française, située dans le département de l’Ain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ferney appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut ainsi goûter aux spécialités que mangeaient les moines à l’abbaye de Cluny (Saône-et-Loire), écouter des contes dans le château de Voltaire à Ferney (Ain) ou encore assister au spectacle La Poubelle au roi dormant à la Conciergerie, à Paris (Iᵉʳ arr.).
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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