facultés

\fa.kyl.te\

/\fa.kyl.te\/ noun

The verdict

“facultés” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,002
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Pluriel de faculté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-facultes · facultés · French

facultés · rank #10,002 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,002
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH expriment

Nearest frequency peer: expriment (-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 “facultés”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “facultés” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

facultés vs fautes
63% similar
facultés vs faculté
88% similar
facultés vs faciles
63% similar

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

Key facts for facultés
PropertyValue
Headwordfacultés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.kyl.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,002
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “facultés” 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). facultés 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 13 spelling variants around facultés (IPA \fa.kyl.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,002 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de faculté.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for facultés, with forms such as "afcultés", "faccultés", and "faclutés". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fautes", "faculté", "faciles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is facultés, spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de faculté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et ce qu’il y a de certain, c’est que l’Esprit que nous venons de voir chez les idolâtres pythoniser la statue, la matière inerte et l’animal, c’est-à-dire les médiums de pierre, de bois ou de chair vive, communique à chacun d’eux une partie de ses propres facultés, sa vie, son intelligence, sa science et son mouvement au sein de l’air, où il règne en pri…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afcultés
  • faccultés
  • faclutés
  • faculltés
  • facultes
  • facultsé
  • faculttés
  • facultéss
  • faculéts
  • facutlés
  • faucltés
  • fcaultés
  • ffacultés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afcultés2faccultés1faclutés2faculltés1facultes1facultsé2faculttés1facultéss1
Edit distance from "facultés"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "facultés"?
"facultés" is spelled F-A-C-U-L-T-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.kyl.te\.
What does "facultés" mean?
As a noun, "facultés" means: Pluriel de faculté.
What words are commonly confused with "facultés"?
"facultés" is commonly confused with "fautes", "faculté", "faciles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "facultés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "facultés" 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 "facultés" come from?
"facultés" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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