fumaient

\fy.mɛ\

/\fy.mɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“fumaient” is uncommon French (frequency #51,485 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,485
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fumer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fumaient · fumaient · French

fumaient · rank #51,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,485
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 137,178
  • PHOTO-FINISH frôlant

Nearest frequency peer: frôlant (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “fumaient”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “fumaient” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for fumaient
PropertyValue
Headwordfumaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fy.mɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fumaient” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). fumaient lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fumaient is uncommon French at frequency #51,485 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fy.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fumer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for fumaient in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fumaient, spelled F-U-M-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fumer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les paysans n’utilisaient que fort peu d’engrais chimiques; ils fumaient leurs champs et purinaient leurs prairies, semaient parfois des cendres, de la scorie, de la chaux ou de la poudre d’os.
  2. Disaster Duwault jeta alors un regard noir en direction d’un groupe de femmes qui fumaient sur le pas de leur cahute, à l’orée d’un bosquet de pins maritimes. Des chapelets de pièces d’argent ornaient leurs fronts et des turbans colorés retenaient leur chevelure sombre. Il cracha sur le sol.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fumaient"?
"fumaient" is spelled F-U-M-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.mɛ\.
What does "fumaient" mean?
As a verb, "fumaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fumer.
How do you pronounce "fumaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fumaient" is \fy.mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fumaient" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gabriele#51,489faïences#51,466extended#51,461Hennessy#51,514
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list