rhume des foins
\ʁym de fwɛ̃\
The verdict
“rhume des foins” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation de la conjonctive et de la muqueuse du nez, qui se produit au printemps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rhume-des-foins · rhume des foins · French
rhume des foins · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rhume des foins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁym de fwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rhume des foins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rhume des foins is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁym de fwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation de la conjonctive et de la muqueuse du nez, qui se produit au printemps.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rhume des foins, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rhume des foins, spelled R-H-U-M-E- -D-E-S- -F-O-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation de la conjonctive et de la muqueuse du nez, qui se produit au printemps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rhume des foins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans l’Angleterre du XIXᵉ siècle, le rhume des foins était considéré par les élites non comme une maladie mais comme le signe d’une élégance raffinée, dû au contact d’êtres délicats avec l’air brut des campagnes que seuls les paysans à la constitution robuste étaient en mesure de supporter.
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.