fabulous
\ˈfæ.bjʊ.ləs\
The verdict
“fabulous” is uncommon French (frequency #54,578 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,578
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabuleux, grandiose, magnifique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fabulous · fabulous · French
fabulous · rank #54,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,578
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH extrapoler
Nearest frequency peer: extrapoler (-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 « fabulous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- expressionn…
expressionnisme
45,426 corpus weight
- externalités
externalités
45,425 corpus weight
- extrapoler
extrapoler
45,424 corpus weight
- fabulous
fabulous
45,423 corpus weight
- faillis
faillis
45,422 corpus weight
- fanfan
fanfan
45,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fabulous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fabulous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfæ.bjʊ.ləs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fabulous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fabulous is uncommon French at frequency #54,578 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfæ.bjʊ.ləs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fabuleux, grandiose, magnifique.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fabulous, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fabulous, spelled F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Fabuleux, grandiose, magnifique.
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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