femme fatale
The verdict
“femme fatale” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fêmea fatal, mulher fatal
Corpus desk
Index PT-femme-fatale · femme fatale · Portuguese
femme fatale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | femme fatale |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “femme fatale” em português
Rare enough to double-check
femme fatale is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fêmea fatal, mulher fatal".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for femme fatale, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is femme fatale, spelled F-E-M-M-E- -F-A-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1fêmea fatal, mulher fatal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how femme fatale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Crônicas de amor, sexo e culinária
Não nasci para ser femme fatale.
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.