zem
\zɛm\
The verdict
“zem” is uncommon French (frequency #67,983 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,983
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - motocyclette qui fait office de taxi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zem · zem · French
zem · rank #67,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,983
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zan
Nearest frequency peer: zan (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « zem »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- youtubeuse
youtubeuse
32,020 corpus weight
- zan
zan
32,019 corpus weight
- zem
zem
32,018 corpus weight
- Zermatt
Zermatt
32,017 corpus weight
- échelonne
échelonne
32,016 corpus weight
- écumer
écumer
32,015 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « zem » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zɛm\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #67,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zem » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zem is uncommon French at frequency #67,983 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "motocyclette qui fait office de taxi.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is zem, spelled Z-E-M.
Definition
- 1motocyclette qui fait office de taxi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les zems sont responsables d’une grosse partie de la pollution de l’air à Cotonou.
Synonyms
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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