faisais

\fə.zɛ\

/\fə.zɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“faisais” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,610
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-faisais · faisais · French

faisais · rank #3,610 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,610
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faculté

Nearest frequency peer: faculté (-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 « faisais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « faisais » 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).

faisais vs faisan
71% similar
faisais vs faisait
86% similar
faisais vs faisant
71% similar

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

Key facts for faisais
PropertyValue
Headwordfaisais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fə.zɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,610
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « faisais »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).faisaisse 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 « faculté » (#3,609), « fiscale » (#3,611), « fac » (#3,608). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « faisais » est au #3,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around faisais (IPA \fə.zɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,610 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for faisais, with forms such as "afisais", "faiasis", and "faisaiss". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "faisan", "faisait", "faisant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is faisais, spelled F-A-I-S-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je me faisais discrète, mettais des vêtements indiens dès que je rentrais à la maison et passais autant de temps que possible dans notre chambre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afisais
  • faiasis
  • faisaiss
  • faisasi
  • faisias
  • faissais
  • fasiais
  • ffaisais
  • fiasais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afisais2faiasis2faisaiss1faisasi2faisias2faissais1fasiais2ffaisais1
Edit distance from "faisais"

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 "faisais"?
"faisais" is spelled F-A-I-S-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fə.zɛ\.
What does "faisais" mean?
As a verb, "faisais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire.
What words are commonly confused with "faisais"?
"faisais" is commonly confused with "faisan", "faisait", "faisant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "faisais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faisais" is \fə.zɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "faisais" come from?
"faisais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

faculté#3,609fiscale#3,611guerres#3,615Pologne#3,633

Similar misspelling depth

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

fondée9 variantsDesign9 variantspleins9 variantsabsolue9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list