failli
\fa.ji\
The verdict
“failli” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,669
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d'un chevron, d'une bande, d'une fasce, d'un pal, d'un meuble quelconque, dont la longueur ou la largeur se trouve interrompue par un vide parfaitement carré ou le séparant en deux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-failli · failli · French
failli · rank #4,669 · 6 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,669
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH excès
Nearest frequency peer: excès (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « failli »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dépit
dépit
95,335 corpus weight
- employeur
employeur
95,334 corpus weight
- excès
excès
95,333 corpus weight
- failli
failli
95,332 corpus weight
- fontaine
fontaine
95,330 corpus weight
- fuir
fuir
95,329 corpus weight
What this shows « failli » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | failli |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fa.ji\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « failli »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around failli (IPA \fa.ji\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,669 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for failli, with forms such as "afilli", "faili", and "failil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Fall", "fill", "fille", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is failli, spelled F-A-I-L-L-I.
Definition
- 1Se dit d'un chevron, d'une bande, d'une fasce, d'un pal, d'un meuble quelconque, dont la longueur ou la largeur se trouve interrompue par un vide parfaitement carré ou le séparant en deux.
- 2Sacré, maudit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how failli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un pal qui part du bord supérieur sans atteindre le bas est dit failli en pointe.
D'or à la demie roue de sainte Catherine d'azur, les pointes et le moyeu de gueules, faillie à senestre, senestrée d'un dauphin d'azur, barbé, crêté, oreillé lorré et peautré de gueules; au coutre de sable posé en pal et brochant en cœur sur la roue; au comble de sable nuagé de deux pièces et chargé de l'inscription "CHARANTONNAY" en lettres d'or, qui est…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afilli
- faili
- failil
- falili
- ffailli
- fialli
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of failli - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).