Facebook

\fɛjs.buk\

/\fɛjs.buk\/ name

The verdict

“Facebook” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,163
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Marque commerciale et site Web d’un réseau social.

Key facts for Facebook
PropertyValue
HeadwordFacebook
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fɛjs.buk\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,163
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Facebook” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Facebook lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Facebook (IPA \fɛjs.buk\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,163 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Marque commerciale et site Web d’un réseau social.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Facebook, with forms such as "afcebook", "facbeook", and "faccebook". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Facebook, spelled F-A-C-E-B-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marque commerciale et site Web d’un réseau social.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afcebook,facbeook,faccebook,facebbook,facebok,faceboko,facebookk,faceobok,faecbook,fcaebook,ffacebook

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afcebook2facbeook2faccebook1facebbook1facebok1faceboko2facebookk1faceobok2
Edit distance from "Facebook"

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 "Facebook"?
"Facebook" is spelled F-A-C-E-B-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛjs.buk\.
What does "Facebook" mean?
As a proper noun, "Facebook" means: Marque commerciale et site Web d’un réseau social.
What are common misspellings of "Facebook"?
Common misspellings include "afcebook", "facbeook", "faccebook", "facebbook", "facebok". The correct spelling is "Facebook".
How do you pronounce "Facebook"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Facebook" is \fɛjs.buk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Facebook" come from?
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Using “Facebook”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-A-C-E-B-O-O-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɛjs.buk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list