fair

\fɛːɐ̯\

/\fɛːɐ̯\/ adj

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The verdict

“fair” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,853
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Correct

Corpus desk

Index FR-fair · fair · French

fair · rank #8,853 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,853
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH extraire

Nearest frequency peer: extraire (-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 « fair »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fair » 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).

fair vs fin
50% similar
fair vs fer
50% similar
fair vs fil
50% similar

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

Key facts for fair
PropertyValue
Headwordfair
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɛːɐ̯\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,853
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fair »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fairse 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 « extraire » (#8,852), « fake » (#8,854), « extinction » (#8,851). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fair » est au #8,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around fair (IPA \fɛːɐ̯\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,853 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for fair, with forms such as "afir", "fairr", and "fari". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fin", "fer", "fil", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fair, spelled F-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Correct
  2. 2
    Équitable (commerce, concurrence).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Bundesrat will im grenzüberschreitenden Strassentransport den fairen Wettbewerb zwischen den Unternehmen gewährleisten und die Zusammenarbeit mit den EU-Staaten stärken.
  2. (Dieser Kaffee) ist nicht nur direkt, sondern auch fair gehandelt: Die Kunden bezahlen hier pro Kilogramm rund drei Euro mehr, als ein Kaffee vergleichbarer Qualität im Supermarkt kosten würde.

Antonyms

unfair

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afir
  • fairr
  • fari
  • ffair
  • fiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fair - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afir2fairr1fari2ffair1fiar2
Edit distance from "fair"

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 "fair"?
"fair" is spelled F-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛːɐ̯\.
What does "fair" mean?
As an adjective, "fair" means: Correct
What words are commonly confused with "fair"?
"fair" is commonly confused with "fin", "fer", "fil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fair"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fair" is \fɛːɐ̯\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fair" come from?
"fair" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fake#8,854coma#8,824naît#8,894Nike#8,895

Similar misspelling depth

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

mousse5 variantsrail5 variantsvaux5 variantspuni5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list