# fiancé

> English word · Noun · IPA /fiˈɑnseɪ/ · frequency rank #15,612

## Definitions
1. A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
2. A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.

## Easily confused with
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-fine)
- **finch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-finch)
- **franc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-franc)
- **France** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-france)
- **fierce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-fierce)
- **fiasco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-fiasco)
- **Franck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-franck)
- **flange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-flange)
- **Franca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-franca)
- **finance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-finance)
- **Frances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-frances)
- **fiancée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-fiancee)
- **finances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiance-vs-finances)
- **face** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/face-vs-fiance)
- **fancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fancy-vs-fiance)
- **fence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fence-vs-fiance)
- **farce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farce-vs-fiance)

## Common misspellings (8)
`faincé`, `ffiancé`, `fiacné`, `fianccé`, `fianncé`, `fianéc`, `finacé`, `ifancé`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fiance