FFE
The verdict
“FFE” is uncommon French (frequency #72,330 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,330
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fédération française d’escrime, chargée de l’organisation de l’escrime en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ffe · FFE · French
FFE · rank #72,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,330
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH filiforme
Nearest frequency peer: filiforme (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « FFE »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- faramineuses
faramineuses
27,676 corpus weight
- faster
faster
27,674 corpus weight
- FFE
FFE
27,671 corpus weight
- filiforme
filiforme
27,670 corpus weight
- Finlay
Finlay
27,669 corpus weight
- flagship
flagship
27,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « FFE » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | FFE |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « FFE » en français
Rare enough to double-check
FFE is uncommon French at frequency #72,330 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fédération française d’escrime, chargée de l’organisation de l’escrime en France.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for FFE, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is FFE, spelled F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Fédération française d’escrime, chargée de l’organisation de l’escrime en France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how FFE appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre situation financière critique, management brutal et soupçons de détournement de fonds, jamais la FFE n’avait traversé pareil tourbillon.
La fédération française d’escrime (FFE) est une association loi de 1901 chargée d’organiser, de développer et de gérer l’escrime en France.
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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