FPE

noun

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The verdict

“FPE” is uncommon French (frequency #92,748 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,748
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taxe française payée par les distributeurs d’électricité, et répercutée sur les consommateurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fpe · FPE · French

FPE · rank #92,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,748
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fourvoyer

Nearest frequency peer: fourvoyer (-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 « FPE »

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 « FPE » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for FPE
PropertyValue
HeadwordFPE
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#92,748
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « FPE » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fourvoyer » (#92,747), « Frameries » (#92,749), « foultitude » (#92,746). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « FPE » est au #92,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

FPE is uncommon French at frequency #92,748 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for FPE in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is FPE, spelled F-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taxe française payée par les distributeurs d’électricité, et répercutée sur les consommateurs.
  2. 2
    fonction publique d'État.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans le projet de loi pour 2024, l’exécutif a, en effet, prévu la possibilité de relever le montant de la fraction perçue sur l’électricité (FPE), le nouveau nom de la Taxe intérieure de consommation finale sur l’électricité (TIFCE).

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 "FPE"?
"FPE" is spelled F-P-E.
What does "FPE" mean?
As a noun, "FPE" means: Taxe française payée par les distributeurs d’électricité, et répercutée sur les consommateurs.
What language does "FPE" come from?
"FPE" 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 "FPE", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frc#92,754GFA#92,777EPC#92,701GRD#92,801

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list