faillite

\fa.jit\

/\fa.jit\/ noun

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The verdict

“faillite” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,558
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Banqueroute forcée d’un négociant, obligation pour lui de suspendre ses paiements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faillite · faillite · French

faillite · rank #5,558 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,558
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH enjeu

Nearest frequency peer: enjeu (-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 « faillite »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « faillite » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

faillite vs fatalité
63% similar
faillite vs faillites
89% similar
faillite vs failli
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for faillite
PropertyValue
Headwordfaillite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.jit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,558
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « faillite »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.faillitese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enjeu » (#5,557), « favorables » (#5,559), « engagements » (#5,556). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faillite » est au #5,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around faillite (IPA \fa.jit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,558 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for faillite, with forms such as "afillite", "faililte", and "failite". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "fatalité", "faillites", "failli", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is faillite, spelled F-A-I-L-L-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Banqueroute forcée d’un négociant, obligation pour lui de suspendre ses paiements.
  2. 2
    Terme générique donné à l'impossibilité pour une personne physique ou une personne morale de faire face à ses dettes. Cette impossibilité constatée par un tribunal de commerce ouvre à la personne différents statuts juridiques : cessation de paiement, redressement judiciaire, banqueroute, liquidation judiciaire, surendettement.
  3. 3
    Se dit de l’échec d’une entreprise, d’une idée ou d’un système.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how faillite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le vieux quartier s’étonna, un mois durant, de lui voir épouser Pierre Rougon, ce paysan à peine dégrossi, cet homme du faubourg, dont la famille n’était guère en odeur de sainteté. Elle laissa clabauder, accueillant par de singuliers sourires les félicitations contraintes de ses amies. Ses calculs étaient faits, elle choisissait Rougon en fille qui prend…
  2. La beauté de sa fille était le seul capital que conservât le père de Nazira, Hag Aly, marchand de soieries, que plusieurs faillites avaient ruiné.

This word in other languages

bankruptcy(English)bancarrota(Español)Pleite(Deutsch)falência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afillite
  • faililte
  • failite
  • failliet
  • faillitte
  • failltie
  • falilite
  • ffaillite
  • fiallite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of faillite - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afillite2faililte2failite1failliet2faillitte1failltie2falilite2ffaillite1
Edit distance from "faillite"

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 "faillite"?
"faillite" is spelled F-A-I-L-L-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.jit\.
What does "faillite" mean?
As a noun, "faillite" means: Banqueroute forcée d’un négociant, obligation pour lui de suspendre ses paiements.
What words are commonly confused with "faillite"?
"faillite" is commonly confused with "fatalité", "faillites", "failli". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faillite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faillite" is \fa.jit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faillite" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Florence#5,560gentille#5,561douleurs#5,549hectares#5,567

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

délais9 variantsdébile9 variantsbriser9 variantsquarts9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list