fête des Pères

\fɛt de pɛʁ\

/\fɛt de pɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“fête des Pères” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fête où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur père.

Key facts for fête des Pères
PropertyValue
Headwordfête des Pères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛt de pɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fête des Pères” sits in French frequency

fête des Pères falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fête des Pères is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛt de pɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fête où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur père.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fête des Pères, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fête des Pères, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -P-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fête où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur père.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fête des Pères"?
"fête des Pères" is spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -P-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛt de pɛʁ\.
What does "fête des Pères" mean?
As a noun, "fête des Pères" means: Fête où les enfants offrent des cadeaux à leur père.
How do you pronounce "fête des Pères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fête des Pères" is \fɛt de pɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fête des Pères" come from?
"fête des Pères" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “fête des Pères”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -P-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛt de pɛʁ\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list