An anti-false threading fastener system comprising: a female fastener member comprising: at least one female fastening thread formed in an interior of the female fastener member; at least one female lead thread formed in the interior of the female fastener member; a male fastener member comprising: a shank that has a lead end for insertion into the interior of the female fastener member; at least one male fastening thread formed on the exterior of the shank as a plurality of thread windings adapted to mate with the female fastening thread; at least one male lead thread formed on the exterior of the shank at the lead end that is at least a half winding around the shank and comprises a curved profile defined by an arc having a radius approximately equal to a radius of an arc that is tangent to both flanks of a thread profile of the at least one male fastening thread and below the pitch line of the at least one male fastening thread.