faïences
\fa.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“faïences” is uncommon French (frequency #51,466 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,466
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de faïence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faiences · faïences · French
faïences · rank #51,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,466
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH favorisait
Nearest frequency peer: favorisait (-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 “faïences”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- exubérante
exubérante
48,538 corpus weight
- fauchée
fauchée
48,537 corpus weight
- favorisait
favorisait
48,536 corpus weight
- faïences
faïences
48,535 corpus weight
- feutrée
feutrée
48,534 corpus weight
- fillonistes
fillonistes
48,533 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “faïences” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faïences |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faïences” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
faïences is uncommon French at frequency #51,466 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de faïence.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faïences in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is faïences, spelled F-A-Ï-E-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de faïence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faïences appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les bahuts brille la vaisselle d’argent armoiriée à côté de faïences et de porcelaines rares.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "faïences", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.