firm
\fɪʁm\
The verdict
“firm” is uncommon French (frequency #69,089 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,089
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Firme, solide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-firm · firm · French
firm · rank #69,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,089
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fim
Nearest frequency peer: fim (-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 « firm »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fifille
fifille
30,915 corpus weight
- figuratifs
figuratifs
30,914 corpus weight
- fim
fim
30,913 corpus weight
- firm
firm
30,912 corpus weight
- flairer
flairer
30,911 corpus weight
- flanquer
flanquer
30,909 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « firm » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | firm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɪʁm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « firm » en français
Rare enough to double-check
firm is uncommon French at frequency #69,089 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɪʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Firme, solide.".
firm has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is firm, spelled F-I-R-M.
Definition
- 1Firme, solide.
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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