fête des quinze ans

\fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\

/\fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“fête des quinze ans” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fête traditionnelle du monde latino-hispanique, pour marquer les quinze ans d’une jeune fille.

Key facts for fête des quinze ans
PropertyValue
Headwordfête des quinze ans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fête des quinze ans” sits in French frequency

fête des quinze ans 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.

Rare enough to double-check

fête des quinze ans is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fête traditionnelle du monde latino-hispanique, pour marquer les quinze ans d’une jeune fille.".

fête des quinze ans doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fête des quinze ans, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -Q-U-I-N-Z-E- -A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fête traditionnelle du monde latino-hispanique, pour marquer les quinze ans d’une jeune fille.

This word in other languages

quinceañera(English)quinceañera(Español)

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 quinze ans"?
"fête des quinze ans" is spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-E-S- -Q-U-I-N-Z-E- -A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\.
What does "fête des quinze ans" mean?
As a noun, "fête des quinze ans" means: Fête traditionnelle du monde latino-hispanique, pour marquer les quinze ans d’une jeune fille.
How do you pronounce "fête des quinze ans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fête des quinze ans" is \fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fête des quinze ans" come from?
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Using “fête des quinze ans”

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- -Q-U-I-N-Z-E- -A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛt de kɛ̃.z‿ɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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