facétieux

\fa.se.sjø\

/\fa.se.sjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“facétieux” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,334
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient de la facétie, de la plaisanterie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-facetieux · facétieux · French

facétieux · rank #47,334 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,334
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH extravagantes

Nearest frequency peer: extravagantes (-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 « facétieux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « facétieux » 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
Key facts for facétieux
PropertyValue
Headwordfacétieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fa.se.sjø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,334
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « facétieux »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « extravagantes » (#47,333), « Fanta » (#47,335), « extravagance » (#47,332). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « facétieux » est au #47,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around facétieux (IPA \fa.se.sjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,334 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for facétieux, with forms such as "afcétieux", "faccétieux", and "facetieux". 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 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is facétieux, spelled F-A-C-É-T-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tient de la facétie, de la plaisanterie.
  2. 2
    Qui se plaît à dire ou à faire des facéties.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À l’aide du jus très noir de la noix géante appelée huito, une main facétieuse avait écrit un mot, un seul : Welcome !
  2. [L’hippopotame] était plus facétieux que méchant et sa grande joie était de retourner les pirogues d’un coup de nez, puis de regarder les Noirs se débattre dans l’eau.

This word in other languages

facetious(English)ulkig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afcétieux
  • faccétieux
  • facetieux
  • factéieux
  • facéiteux
  • facéteiux
  • facétieuxx
  • facétiexu
  • facétiuex
  • facéttieux
  • faéctieux
  • fcaétieux
  • ffacétieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afcétieux2faccétieux1facetieux1factéieux2facéiteux2facéteiux2facétieuxx1facétiexu2
Edit distance from "facétieux"

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 "facétieux"?
"facétieux" is spelled F-A-C-É-T-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.se.sjø\.
What does "facétieux" mean?
As an adjective, "facétieux" means: Qui tient de la facétie, de la plaisanterie.
What are common misspellings of "facétieux"?
Common misspellings include "afcétieux", "faccétieux", "facetieux", "factéieux", "facéiteux". The correct spelling is "facétieux".
How do you pronounce "facétieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "facétieux" is \fa.se.sjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "facétieux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fatigante#47,338exorciser#47,329esmeralda#47,323fortifiés#47,347

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Guernesey13 variantshaltères13 variantsdécapitée13 variantsharcelés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list