faignant
\fɛ.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“faignant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de feignant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faignant · faignant · French
faignant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faignant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛ.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
faignant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛ.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de feignant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faignant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is faignant, spelled F-A-I-G-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de feignant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faignant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Tu ne trouveras pas beaucoup de villes aussi faignantes que celle-ci. Parole d'honneur ! personne ne fiche rien.
Si j'étais pas faignante je me mettrais à faire les boîtes de nuit, sérieusement, la noce sans m'amuser, j'y parviendrais : tendre ma joue à embrasser, comme un paillasse à la parade tend sa joue à claquer.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.