main de Fatima
\mɛ̃ də fa.ti.ma\
The verdict
“main de Fatima” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Amulette porte-bonheur en forme de main, pour les habitants du nord de l’Afrique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-main-de-fatima · main de Fatima · French
main de Fatima · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | main de Fatima |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ̃ də fa.ti.ma\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “main de Fatima” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
main de Fatima is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ̃ də fa.ti.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for main de Fatima, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is main de Fatima, spelled M-A-I-N- -D-E- -F-A-T-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Amulette porte-bonheur en forme de main, pour les habitants du nord de l’Afrique.
- 2Meuble représentant l’amulette du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée doigts vers le chef. La position des deux doigts extérieurs est plus ou moins haute suivant les illustrateurs mais ne fait pas l’objet d'un blasonnement (indication). Les ongles sur les doigts du milieu peuvent être visibles mais on ne le blasonne que s’ils sont d’un autre émail. Ce meuble est surtout d’usage dans un contexte africain. Il est également appelé khamsa.
Synonyms
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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.