fières

\fjɛʁ\

/\fjɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“fières” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,689
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de fier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fieres · fières · French

fières · rank #33,689 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,689
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forgée

Nearest frequency peer: forgée (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fières »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fières » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fières vs fire
67% similar
fières vs frère
67% similar
fières vs fiers
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fières
PropertyValue
Headwordfières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fjɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,689
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fières »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fièresse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « forgée » (#33,690), « fiorentina » (#33,687), « fortification » (#33,691). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fières » est au #33,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fières (IPA \fjɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,689 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de fier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fières, with forms such as "ffières", "fieres", and "firèes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fire", "frère", "fiers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fières, spelled F-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de fier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fières appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les pures, fières de leur royauté virginale, de leur couronne d’inconquis, ne comprirent pas que suivre les Regards doublerait au lieu de défleuronner leur diadème ; elles avaient, d’ailleurs, peur des franchises, et marchaient la tête haute d’orgueil, sans voir les bas pièges du Mensonge, lequel les enveloppait de flatteries, d’embûches, et les réduisait…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffières
  • fieres
  • firèes
  • fièers
  • fièress
  • fièrres
  • fièrse
  • fèires
  • ifères

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fières - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffières1fieres1firèes2fièers2fièress1fièrres1fièrse2fèires2
Edit distance from "fières"

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 "fières"?
"fières" is spelled F-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fjɛʁ\.
What does "fières" mean?
As an adjective, "fières" means: Féminin pluriel de fier.
What words are commonly confused with "fières"?
"fières" is commonly confused with "fire", "frère", "fiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fières" is \fjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fières" come from?
"fières" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list