Fessenheim
\fɛ.sən.(h)ajm\
The verdict
“Fessenheim” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,803
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fessenheim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fɛ.sən.(h)ajm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fessenheim” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Fessenheim (IPA \fɛ.sən.(h)ajm\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,803 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Haut-Rhin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fessenheim, with forms such as "efssenheim", "fesenheim", and "fesesnheim". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Fessenheim, spelled F-E-S-S-E-N-H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efssenheim
- fesenheim
- fesesnheim
- fessehneim
- fessenehim
- fessenheimm
- fessenhemi
- fessenhheim
- fessenhiem
- fessennheim
- fessneheim
- ffessenheim
- fsesenheim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fessenheim - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Fessenheim”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-S-S-E-N-H-E-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛ.sən.(h)ajm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.