fader

\fa.de\

/\fa.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“fader” is uncommon French (frequency #99,080 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,080
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partager le butin → voir fade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fader · fader · French

fader · rank #99,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,080
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH facétie

Nearest frequency peer: facétie (-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 « fader »

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 « fader » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fader
PropertyValue
Headwordfader
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fa.de\
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fader » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fadertombe 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: « facétie » (#99,079), « Fallières » (#99,082), « extériorise » (#99,077). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fader » est au #99,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fader is uncommon French at frequency #99,080 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fa.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for fader in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fader, spelled F-A-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partager le butin → voir fade.
  2. 2
    Se partager les lots avant de jouer la partie.
  3. 3
    Servir largement.
  4. 4
    Jouir, profiter.
  5. 5
    Avoir à supporter une corvée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marius était le cinquième de mes frères. Comment ce prénom lui était-il tombé dessus ? Mystère, puisque ce n’était pas celui de son parrain. […] Son deuxième prénom était Auguste. […] Comme il disait : « J’ai été drôlement « fadé » à ma naissance. »
  2. Chacun fade à sa façon, comme il peut...

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 "fader"?
"fader" is spelled F-A-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.de\.
What does "fader" mean?
As a verb, "fader" means: Partager le butin → voir fade.
How do you pronounce "fader"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fader" is \fa.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list