fête du Nouvel An
\fɛt dy nu.vɛ.l‿ɑ̃\
The verdict
“fête du Nouvel An” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Célébrations et festivités marquant le passage d’une année à la suivante.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fête du Nouvel An |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛt dy nu.vɛ.l‿ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fête du Nouvel An” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fête du Nouvel An is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛt dy nu.vɛ.l‿ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Célébrations et festivités marquant le passage d’une année à la suivante.".
fête du Nouvel An has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 du Nouvel An, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -D-U- -N-O-U-V-E-L- -A-N.
Definition
- 1Célébrations et festivités marquant le passage d’une année à la suivante.
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.
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Using “fête du Nouvel An”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-Ê-T-E- -D-U- -N-O-U-V-E-L- -A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛt dy nu.vɛ.l‿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.