fesser
\fe.se\
The verdict
“fesser” is uncommon French (frequency #62,996 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,996
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper sur les fesses avec la main ou divers instruments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fesser · fesser · French
fesser · rank #62,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,996
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fendant
Nearest frequency peer: fendant (-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 « fesser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- famas
famas
37,009 corpus weight
- fendant
fendant
37,006 corpus weight
- fesser
fesser
37,005 corpus weight
- feuilletant
feuilletant
37,004 corpus weight
- filmique
filmique
37,003 corpus weight
- filous
filous
37,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fesser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fesser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fe.se\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fesser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fesser is uncommon French at frequency #62,996 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fe.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fesser, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 fesser, spelled F-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper sur les fesses avec la main ou divers instruments.
- 2Frapper quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
- 3En parlant de musique, être très brutal.
- 4Boire rapidement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces sentiments leur ont été inculqués dès l’enfance par leurs père et mère qui les ont suffisamment fessés, et leur ont fait entrer les vertus par le cul.
Une autre marque de respect bien touchante. Une femme, sous un porche, était en train de fesser un enfant. Apparaît le corbillard, elle reste la main levée, attendant pour continuer que le défilé soit fini, et le petit derrière blanc attend aussi, tourné vers le convoi…
This word in other languages
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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