fève
The verdict
“fève” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,822 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,822
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Nom vernaculaire de Vicia faba, plante herbacées annuelle de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae, au port érigé, pouvant atteindre 2 mètre de haut et que l’on cultive pour sa graine comestible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fève |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛv\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #37,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fève” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fève is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɛv\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,822 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fève, with forms such as "feve", "ffève", and "fvèe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fie", "few", "fez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fève, spelled F-È-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de Vicia faba, plante herbacées annuelle de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae, au port érigé, pouvant atteindre 2 mètre de haut et que l’on cultive pour sa graine comestible.
- 2Graine de cette plante. Note d’usage : Ce terme est généralement utilisé au pluriel.
- 3Semences ou fruits qui n’appartiennent point à des plantes légumineuses telles que les grains de café ; et certaines choses qui n’ont de rapport avec la fève que par la forme, comme les nymphes de vers à soie.
- 4Figurine ou graine permettant de désigner le roi lors de la galette des rois.
- 5Haricot.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: feve,ffève,fvèe,fèev,fèvve,èfve
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fève — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "fève"
Frequency rank: #37,822 in French
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Using “fève”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-È-V-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɛv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fie” — see the side-by-side comparison. fève vs fie
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter F in our French index: