facétie
\fa.se.si\
The verdict
“facétie” is uncommon French (frequency #99,079 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,079
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaisanterie plus ou moins subtile que l’on dit ou fait pour divertir, pour faire rire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-facetie · facétie · French
facétie · rank #99,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,079
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fader
Nearest frequency peer: fader (+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 « facétie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- extériorisa…
extériorisation
925 corpus weight
- extériorise
extériorise
924 corpus weight
- facétie
facétie
922 corpus weight
- fader
fader
921 corpus weight
- Fallières
Fallières
919 corpus weight
- familiar
familiar
918 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « facétie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | facétie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.se.si\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « facétie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
facétie is uncommon French at frequency #99,079 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.se.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plaisanterie plus ou moins subtile que l’on dit ou fait pour divertir, pour faire rire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for facétie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is facétie, spelled F-A-C-É-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Plaisanterie plus ou moins subtile que l’on dit ou fait pour divertir, pour faire rire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how facétie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui arrive aussi de se permettre des facéties tout à fait incongrues.
Lena s'esbaudissait aux facéties de Nick et faisait mine de gober les récits abracadabrants de ses démêlés avec des pirates somaliens et des tribus cannibales.
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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