confetti
\kɔ̃.fe.ti\
The verdict
“confetti” is uncommon French (frequency #72,207 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,207
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rondelle en papier, parfois en plastique, et souvent colorée que l’on lance en l'air, ou sur les gens, lors des fêtes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-confetti · confetti · French
confetti · rank #72,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,207
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH confessionnels
Nearest frequency peer: confessionnels (-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 « confetti »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- concoctée
concoctée
27,797 corpus weight
- conditionne…
conditionnements
27,796 corpus weight
- confessionn…
confessionnels
27,795 corpus weight
- confetti
confetti
27,794 corpus weight
- conformant
conformant
27,793 corpus weight
- congédiés
congédiés
27,792 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « confetti » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confetti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.fe.ti\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « confetti » en français
Rare enough to double-check
confetti is uncommon French at frequency #72,207 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.fe.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rondelle en papier, parfois en plastique, et souvent colorée que l’on lance en l'air, ou sur les gens, lors des fêtes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for confetti in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is confetti, spelled C-O-N-F-E-T-T-I.
Definition
- 1Rondelle en papier, parfois en plastique, et souvent colorée que l’on lance en l'air, ou sur les gens, lors des fêtes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how confetti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ART. 55. Il est également défendu de vendre et jeter des ‘confettis’ dans les rues et places de la Ville. ART. 56. A l’occasion des fêtes publiques une autorisation spéciale pourra être accordée pour la vente et le jet des ‘confettis’ ainsi que pour permettre de tirer des pétards et feux d’artifices.
C’est le dimanche du carnaval. […] Les autos passent, remplies de fêtards qui s’envoient des confetti ; les jeunes aspergent les femmes de parfum.
This word in other languages
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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