faculté

\fa.kyl.te\

/\fa.kyl.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“faculté” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,609
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Puissance physique ou morale qui rend un être capable d’agir d’une certaine manière, de produire certains effets.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

faculté vs faute
57% similar
faculté vs fault
71% similar
faculté vs fécule
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for faculté
PropertyValue
Headwordfaculté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.kyl.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,609
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “faculté” 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). faculté 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 faculté (IPA \fa.kyl.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,609 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for faculté, with forms such as "afculté", "facculté", and "facluté". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "faute", "fault", "fécule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is faculté, spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Puissance physique ou morale qui rend un être capable d’agir d’une certaine manière, de produire certains effets.
  2. 2
    Cette possibilité d’agir, en parlant de choses.
  3. 3
    Pouvoir, moyen, droit de faire une chose.
  4. 4
    Les biens, les ressources, les moyens d’une personne.
  5. 5
    Corps d’enseignement supérieur formant une fraction d’une université.
  6. 6
    La faculté de médecine, ou un médecin traitant qui y a été formé.
  7. 7
    Genre d’exercice ou de composition scolaire.

Synonyms

aptitudepossibilitépouvoirvirtualitécomposanteU.E.R.U.F.R.

This word in other languages

faculty(English)facultad(Español)Fakultät(Deutsch)faculdade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afculté
  • facculté
  • facluté
  • facullté
  • faculte
  • facultté
  • faculét
  • facutlé
  • fauclté
  • fcaulté
  • ffaculté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afculté2facculté1facluté2facullté1faculte1facultté1faculét2facutlé2
Edit distance from "faculté"

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 "faculté"?
"faculté" is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.kyl.te\.
What does "faculté" mean?
As a noun, "faculté" means: Puissance physique ou morale qui rend un être capable d’agir d’une certaine manière, de produire certains effets.
What words are commonly confused with "faculté"?
"faculté" is commonly confused with "faute", "fault", "fécule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faculté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faculté" is \fa.kyl.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faculté" come from?
"faculté" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “faculté”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is F-A-C-U-L-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fa.kyl.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “faute” - see the side-by-side comparison. faculté vs faute
  • 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