fafa

\fa.fa\

/\fa.fa\/ noun

The verdict

“fafa” is uncommon French (frequency #96,911 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,911
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante à tubercule, variété de taro de la famille des Aracées, des régions tropicales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fafa · fafa · French

fafa · rank #96,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,911
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH extériorité

Nearest frequency peer: extériorité (-2 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 « fafa »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fafa
PropertyValue
Headwordfafa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.fa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#96,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fafa » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fafatombe 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: « extériorité » (#96,909), « faiblarde » (#96,913), « fallot » (#96,914). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fafa » est au #96,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fafa is uncommon French at frequency #96,911 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.fa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante à tubercule, variété de taro de la famille des Aracées, des régions tropicales.".

fafa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fafa, spelled F-A-F-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante à tubercule, variété de taro de la famille des Aracées, des régions tropicales.

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 "fafa"?
"fafa" is spelled F-A-F-A. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.fa\.
What does "fafa" mean?
As a noun, "fafa" means: Plante à tubercule, variété de taro de la famille des Aracées, des régions tropicales.
How do you pronounce "fafa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fafa" is \fa.fa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fafa" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list