fête nationale
\fɛt na.sjɔ.nal\
The verdict
“fête nationale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jour férié durant lequel on célèbre la nation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fête nationale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛt na.sjɔ.nal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fête nationale” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fête nationale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛt na.sjɔ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fête nationale has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 nationale, spelled F-Ê-T-E- -N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Jour férié durant lequel on célèbre la nation.
- 2Les festivités qui y sont associées.
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 nationale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-Ê-T-E- -N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.