fesses

/\fɛs\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,489

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

fesses is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de fesse. Pronounced \fɛs\. It ranks #4,489 in French word frequency. Often confused with fêtes and fosse.

Key facts for fesses
PropertyValue
Headwordfesses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,489
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fesses in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fesses is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,489 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de fesse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fesses, with forms such as "efsses", "feses", and "fesess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fêtes", "fosse", "fèves", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fesses, spelled F-E-S-S-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fesse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efsses,feses,fesess,fessess,fessse,ffesses,fseses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fesses

Misspelling Variants of "fesses"

efsses6feses5fesess6fessess7fessse6ffesses7fseses6
Misspelling Variants of "fesses"

Frequency rank: #4,489 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fesses"?
"fesses" is spelled F-E-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛs\.
What does "fesses" mean?
As a noun, "fesses" means: Pluriel de fesse.
What words are commonly confused with "fesses"?
"fesses" is commonly confused with "fêtes", "fosse", "fèves". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fesses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fesses" is \fɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fesses" come from?
"fesses" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.