fagot
\fa.ɡo\
The verdict
“fagot” is uncommon French (frequency #65,940 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,940
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faisceau de menu bois, de branchages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fagot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fagot” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fagot is uncommon French at frequency #65,940 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.ɡo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fagot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fagot, spelled F-A-G-O-T.
Definition
- 1Faisceau de menu bois, de branchages.
- 2Assemblage de haricots, ou de tout autre aliment filiforme, par un lien végétal.
- 3Ouvrage de charpenterie, de menuiserie, ou de tonnellerie, qu’on a démonté, et dont les pièces sont liées en paquet, en faisceau, pour qu’elles occupent moins d’espace et qu’elles puissent être remontées au besoin.
- 4Utilisé dans différentes expressions et proverbes.
- 5Forçat, bagnard.
- 6Grand quantité.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “fagot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-G-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fa.ɡo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.