la ferme
\la fɛʁm\
The verdict
“la ferme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’emploie pour intimer l’ordre de se taire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-ferme · la ferme · French
la ferme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | la ferme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \la fɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « la ferme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
la ferme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \la fɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’emploie pour intimer l’ordre de se taire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for la ferme in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is la ferme, spelled L-A- -F-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1S’emploie pour intimer l’ordre de se taire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how la ferme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ferme, vous deux !
C’est pas tout ça, la ferme !… tâchons voir à buriner… V’la les pantes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.