feu de forêt
\fø də fo.ʁe\
The verdict
“feu de forêt” 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) - Incendie qui se propage naturellement sur une étendue boisée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feu-de-foret · feu de forêt · French
feu de forêt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | feu de forêt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø də fo.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feu de forêt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feu de forêt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fø də fo.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incendie qui se propage naturellement sur une étendue boisée.".
feu de forêt has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is feu de forêt, spelled F-E-U- -D-E- -F-O-R-Ê-T.
Definition
- 1Incendie qui se propage naturellement sur une étendue boisée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how feu de forêt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La grande référence pour les incendies, en France comme en Europe, c’est 2003. Tout l’arc méditerranéen avait flambé : l’Italie, l’Espagne, le Portugal, la Grèce. Et la France, qui a connu, cette année-là, 11 418 incendies, dont 3 490 feux de forêt, qui avaient consommé 61 424 hectares de végétation.
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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.