nom de femme
\nɔ̃ də fam\
The verdict
“nom de femme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille de son époux utilisé comme nom d’usage après le mariage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nom-de-femme · nom de femme · French
nom de femme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nom de femme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃ də fam\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nom de femme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nom de femme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃ də fam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille de son époux utilisé comme nom d’usage après le mariage.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nom de femme, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is nom de femme, spelled N-O-M- -D-E- -F-E-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille de son époux utilisé comme nom d’usage après le mariage.
Synonyms
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.