fête foraine
\fɛt fɔ.ʁɛn\
The verdict
“fête foraine” 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) - Rassemblement itinérant (ou revenant à date fixe) en plein air de forains indépendants qui regroupe des attractions et manèges, ainsi que divers stands (jeux de tirs, vente de friandises ...).
Corpus desk
Index FR-fete-foraine · fête foraine · French
fête foraine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 foraine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛt fɔ.ʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fête foraine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fête foraine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛt fɔ.ʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rassemblement itinérant (ou revenant à date fixe) en plein air de forains indépendants qui regroupe des attractions et manèges, ainsi que divers stands (jeux de tirs, vente de friandises ...).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fête foraine, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 foraine, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -F-O-R-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Rassemblement itinérant (ou revenant à date fixe) en plein air de forains indépendants qui regroupe des attractions et manèges, ainsi que divers stands (jeux de tirs, vente de friandises ...).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fête foraine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le spectacle de Torré fut interrompu, en 1768, par un procès que lui intentèrent les habitans du voisinage; il obtint, comme un dédommagement, la permission de donner des bals publics et des fêtes foraines.
Le 31 octobre 1887, on avait parlé dans cette assemblée, non de supprimer les fêtes foraines, mais de les rendre impossibles en y interdisant la musique. Nous avons protesté à la tribune contre cette interdiction.
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.