fumeux
\fy.mø\
The verdict
“fumeux” is uncommon French (frequency #65,964 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,964
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui exhale, qui répand de la fumée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fumeux · fumeux · French
fumeux · rank #65,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,964
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fromagère
Nearest frequency peer: fromagère (-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 « fumeux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fried
fried
34,040 corpus weight
- frivolité
frivolité
34,039 corpus weight
- fromagère
fromagère
34,038 corpus weight
- fumeux
fumeux
34,037 corpus weight
- fusionnelle
fusionnelle
34,036 corpus weight
- félicitée
félicitée
34,035 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fumeux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fumeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fy.mø\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fumeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fumeux is uncommon French at frequency #65,964 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fy.mø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fumeux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fumeux, spelled F-U-M-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui exhale, qui répand de la fumée.
- 2Qui a l’apparence ou la consistance de la fumée.
- 3Qui est enveloppé de fumée.
- 4Qualifie des liqueurs capiteuses qu’on supposait envoyer des vapeurs à la tête.
- 5Qui manque de consistance, de clarté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fumeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jour est tombé, et dans la nuit sans lune les misérables relais avec leur lampe fumeuse apparaissent tout d'un coup comme la demeure du veilleur des morts.
Toutes les fenêtres étaient closes, et la terre offrait au ciel, en échange de ses étoiles d’or déjà pâlissantes, ses lanternes fumeuses prêtes à s'éteindre, et dont le fleuve, sombre comme s’il eût roulé des flots d’encre, reflétait la lumière rougeâtre.,
This word in other languages
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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