fabrique

\fa.bʁik\

/\fa.bʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“fabrique” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,755
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâtiment où l’on fabrique des objets destinés aux différents usages de la vie ; usine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fabrique · fabrique · French

fabrique · rank #4,755 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,755
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH espagnole

Nearest frequency peer: espagnole (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fabrique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fabrique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fabrique vs féerique
75% similar
fabrique vs fabriquer
89% similar
fabrique vs fabriqués
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fabrique
PropertyValue
Headwordfabrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.bʁik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,755
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fabrique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fabriquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « espagnole » (#4,754), « familial » (#4,756), « esclaves » (#4,753). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fabrique » est au #4,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fabrique (IPA \fa.bʁik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,755 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fabrique, with forms such as "afbrique", "fabbrique", and "fabirque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "féerique", "fabriquer", "fabriqués", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fabrique, spelled F-A-B-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâtiment où l’on fabrique des objets destinés aux différents usages de la vie ; usine.
  2. 2
    Création ; invention.
  3. 3
    Constructions, par opposition aux figures et au paysage.
  4. 4
    Construction (d'une église).
  5. 5
    Activité d'entretien et de réparation de l’édifice, en parlant d’une église paroissiale.
  6. 6
    Kiosque ou petit édifice ornemental construit dans un parc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fabrique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À la vérité, Plassans est loin d’être un centre de commerce ; on y trafique juste assez pour se débarrasser des productions du pays, les huiles, les vins, les amandes. Quant à l’industrie, elle n’y est guère représentée que par trois ou quatre tanneries qui empestent une des rues du vieux quartier, des manufactures de chapeaux de feutre et une fabrique de…
  2. Les obus sont envoyés indistinctement sur les maisons privées, sur les bâtiments d'État et sur les fabriques.

Synonyms

usinemanufacture

This word in other languages

factory(English)fábrica(Español)Fabrik(Deutsch)fábrica(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afbrique
  • fabbrique
  • fabirque
  • fabriqeu
  • fabriqque
  • fabriuqe
  • fabrqiue
  • fabrrique
  • farbique
  • fbarique
  • ffabrique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fabrique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afbrique2fabbrique1fabirque2fabriqeu2fabriqque1fabriuqe2fabrqiue2fabrrique1
Edit distance from "fabrique"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fabrique"?
"fabrique" is spelled F-A-B-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.bʁik\.
What does "fabrique" mean?
As a noun, "fabrique" means: Bâtiment où l’on fabrique des objets destinés aux différents usages de la vie ; usine.
What words are commonly confused with "fabrique"?
"fabrique" is commonly confused with "féerique", "fabriquer", "fabriqués". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fabrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fabrique" is \fa.bʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fabrique" come from?
"fabrique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fabrique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

familial#4,756esclaves#4,753centaine#4,734manquent#4,778

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

décrire11 variantsprévenu11 variantsprévoir11 variantsséparer11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list