feu vert
\fø vɛʁ\
The verdict
“feu vert” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Feu tricolore dont la couleur verte indique que le passage est autorisé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | feu vert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fø vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “feu vert” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for feu vert is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fø vɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for feu vert in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is feu vert, spelled F-E-U- -V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Feu tricolore dont la couleur verte indique que le passage est autorisé.
- 2Permission, de commencer, d’entreprendre quelque chose.
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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.
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Using “feu vert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-E-U- -V-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fø vɛʁ\ (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.