filesystem

noun

filesystem is a noun meaning “Alternative form of file system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-L-E-S-Y-S-T-E-M, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of filesystem is filesystems.

What does filesystem mean?

noun

1
Alternative form of file system.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of filesystem

filesystems plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is filesystem?

Filesystem appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with filesystem

Also written: file system (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).