fœtale
\fe.tal\
The verdict
“fœtale” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,548
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de fœtal.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fœtale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.tal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fœtale” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around fœtale (IPA \fe.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,548 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de fœtal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fœtale, with forms such as "ffœtale", "ftœale", and "fœatle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "fatal", "finale", "fatale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fœtale, spelled F-Œ-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de fœtal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffœtale
- ftœale
- fœatle
- fœtael
- fœtalle
- fœtlae
- fœttale
- œftale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fœtale - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “fœtale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-Œ-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fe.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fatal” - see the side-by-side comparison. fœtale vs fatal
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.