facile
\fa.sil\
The verdict
“facile” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #654
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Qui se fait sans peine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-facile · facile · French
facile · rank #654 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #654
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH connais
Nearest frequency peer: connais (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “facile”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- semaines
semaines
99,350 corpus weight
- vieux
vieux
99,349 corpus weight
- connais
connais
99,348 corpus weight
- facile
facile
99,347 corpus weight
- image
image
99,346 corpus weight
- lien
lien
99,345 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “facile” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | facile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fa.sil\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “facile” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around facile (IPA \fa.sil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #654 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for facile, with forms such as "afcile", "faccile", and "faciel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "file", "fail", "faire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is facile, spelled F-A-C-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se fait sans peine.
- 2Qui est aisé à faire.
- 3Qui ne présente pas de difficultés.
- 4Qui est aisé à aborder et à converser.
- 5Qualifie un travail qui coûte peu, qui se fait vite et bien.
- 6Qui ne sent pas la gêne, qui paraît fait sans peine, sans effort.
- 7Qui exécute sans peine.
- 8Dont on voit qu'aucun effort ne fut fait pour le faire.
- 9Qui se plie sans peine aux circonstances, qui se prête aisément à ce que l’on attend de lui.
- 10Dont on peut faire tout ce qu’on veut.
- 11Qualifiait une femme, une jeune fille, qui se laissait séduire aisément.
- 12Peu sévère, peu contraignant, relâché, en parlant des choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how facile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Calcul facile.
Opération facile.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afcile
- faccile
- faciel
- facille
- faclie
- faicle
- fcaile
- ffacile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of facile - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "facile", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "facile". Here's where to go from here.
- "facile" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "file". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #654 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.