fiancées

\fi.jɑ̃.se\

/\fi.jɑ̃.se\/ noun

The verdict

“fiancées” is uncommon French (frequency #67,517 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,517
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fiancée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fiancees · fiancées · French

fiancées · rank #67,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,517
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fermerait

Nearest frequency peer: fermerait (-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 « fiancées »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fiancées » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fiancées
PropertyValue
Headwordfiancées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.jɑ̃.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fiancées » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fiancéestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fermerait » (#67,516), « fiber » (#67,518), « fermais » (#67,515). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fiancées » est au #67,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fiancées is uncommon French at frequency #67,517 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.jɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de fiancée.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for fiancées in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fiancées, spelled F-I-A-N-C-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fiancée.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fiancées"?
"fiancées" is spelled F-I-A-N-C-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.jɑ̃.se\.
What does "fiancées" mean?
As a noun, "fiancées" means: Pluriel de fiancée.
How do you pronounce "fiancées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fiancées" is \fi.jɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fiancées", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list