fumante

\fy.mɑ̃t\

/\fy.mɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“fumante” is uncommon French (frequency #64,465 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,465
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fumante · fumante · French

fumante · rank #64,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,465
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fruitée

Nearest frequency peer: fruitée (-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 « fumante »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fumante
PropertyValue
Headwordfumante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fy.mɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,465
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fumante » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fruitée » (#64,464), « fusse » (#64,466), « frugal » (#64,463). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fumante » est au #64,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fumante is uncommon French at frequency #64,465 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fy.mɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de fumant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fumante in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fumante, spelled F-U-M-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de fumant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y a des moments, c’est plus fort que tout, il vous prend un besoin de hurler son dégoût, pressant, affirmatif, impérieux comme une intense colique, une envie de se soulager, de se défécaliser, de pousser un bon coup, et hop… poser sa crotte, toute chaude, fumante, humide, glorieuse, triomphale, magistrale, c’est le mot : magistrale.

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 "fumante"?
"fumante" is spelled F-U-M-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fy.mɑ̃t\.
What does "fumante" mean?
As an adjective, "fumante" means: Féminin singulier de fumant.
How do you pronounce "fumante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fumante" is \fy.mɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fumante" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list