kermesse
\kɛʁ.mɛs\
The verdict
“kermesse” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,461 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,461
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom que l’on donne aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique et dans le nord de la France à des foires paroissiales qui se célèbrent avec des processions, des mascarades, des danses et autres divertissements.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kermesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛʁ.mɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kermesse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for kermesse is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɛʁ.mɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,461 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for kermesse, with forms such as "ekrmesse", "kemresse", and "keremsse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 kermesse, spelled K-E-R-M-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Nom que l’on donne aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique et dans le nord de la France à des foires paroissiales qui se célèbrent avec des processions, des mascarades, des danses et autres divertissements.
- 2Fête de charité en plein air ; fête foraine.
- 3Tableau représentant une kermesse.
- 4Sujet de société s’apparentant à un divertissement.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ekrmesse,kemresse,keremsse,kermese,kermeses,kermmesse,kermsese,kerrmesse,kkermesse,kremesse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kermesse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “kermesse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-E-R-M-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɛʁ.mɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.