fesses

\fɛs\

/\fɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“fesses” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,489
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fesses · fesses · French

fesses · rank #4,489 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,489
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH exposé

Nearest frequency peer: exposé (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fesses »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fesses » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fesses vs fêtes
50% similar
fesses vs fosse
67% similar
fesses vs fèves
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fesses »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fessesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exposé » (#4,488), « genres » (#4,490), « existait » (#4,487). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fesses » est au #4,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fesses (IPA \fɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,489 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fesses, spelled F-E-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fesses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les fesses de la secrétaire ondulaient devant moi, serrées dans une jupe droite en prince-de-galles beige et blanc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efsses
  • feses
  • fesess
  • fessess
  • fessse
  • ffesses
  • fseses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fesses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efsses2feses1fesess2fessess1fessse2ffesses1fseses2
Edit distance from "fesses"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fesses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exposé#4,488genres#4,490gâteau#4,494danser#4,481

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

marne7 variantsbosser7 variantsutiles7 variantsserge7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list