fête de Noël
\fɛt de nɔ.ɛl\
The verdict
“fête de Noël” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noël, comme fête religieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fete-de-noel · fête de Noël · French
fête de Noël · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fête de Noël |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛt de nɔ.ɛl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fête de Noël is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛt de nɔ.ɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Noël, comme fête religieuse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fête de Noël in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fête de Noël, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E- -N-O-Ë-L.
Definition
- 1Noël, comme fête religieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fête de Noël appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'était le branle-bas de combat au paradis. Dieu le Père observait d'un œil distrait ses hordes d'anges astiquer les nuages pour la fête de Noël. On avait nettoyé la crèche, mis de la paille fraîche, brossé le bœuf et l'âne.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.