fève
\fɛv\
The verdict
“fève” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,822
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around fève (IPA \fɛv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,822 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fève, with forms such as "feve", "ffève", and "fvèe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fève, spelled F-È-V-E.
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
This word in other languages
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.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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
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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.