fada

\fa.da\

/\fa.da\/ adj

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The verdict

“fada” is uncommon French (frequency #55,958 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,958
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Simple d’esprit ; fou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fada · fada · French

fada · rank #55,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,958
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH facturent

Nearest frequency peer: facturent (-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 « fada »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fada » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fada
PropertyValue
Headwordfada
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fa.da\
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fada » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fadatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « facturent » (#55,957), « fanboy » (#55,959), « Ezequiel » (#55,956). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fada » est au #55,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fada is uncommon French at frequency #55,958 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fa.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

fada doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 fada, spelled F-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Simple d’esprit ; fou.
  2. 2
    Déraisonnable ; imprudent ; incohérent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce type, il est vraiment fada, complètement allumé : il est dans son monde, il fait et dit n'importe quoi... je ne lui confierai pas ma petite sœur !
  2. Dis-donc, toi, tu ne serais pas un peu fada des fois, de grimper sur cette échelle bancale ? Tu vas te casser la margoulette !

This word in other languages

bobo(Português)

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 "fada"?
"fada" is spelled F-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.da\.
What does "fada" mean?
As an adjective, "fada" means: Simple d’esprit ; fou.
How do you pronounce "fada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fada" is \fa.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fada" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fell#55,963fido#55,967Haus#56,013idle#56,024

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list